BY EUSTACE W. FERGUSON. 559 



irregularly granulate. Metasternum shallowly concave, trans- 

 versely rugulose. Fifth ventral segment excavate, excavation 

 rather shallow, its limits ill-defined, reaching to anterior border; 

 preanal fossa transverse, sharply separated from rest of excava- 

 tion ; posterior edge produced downwards in centre into a 

 bidentate lamellar process; fascicles short, stout, close together 

 (1 mm.), situated within excavation. Forceps stout, moderately 

 long, triangular on section, with well marked outer border 

 separating an anterior from a posterior surface; lamellae linear, 

 concealed from in front b}' border of yellow scales. Legs moder- 

 ately long, densely clothed with light-coloured setae, intermingled 

 with others of a darker hue. 



9. Of a more rounded oval form than $; mandibles simple; 

 median prothoracic lobe not quite so marked(6 x 7 mm.), and 

 median line absent; elytra(15 x 9 mm.) more rounded on sides, 

 apex more gradually produced, mucronate, shoulders not so pro- 

 minent, sculpture as in $; ventral segments convex, third and 

 fourth longer, fifth without excavation. Dimensions : (J, 22 x 10; 

 9, 21 X 9 mm. 



Hah. — Charters Towers, Queensland. 



Close to P . forficulata, but separated by the shallower anal 

 excavation, and rather stouter fascicles; the forceps also are 

 thicker, and have little of the sickle-shaped form characteristic 

 of P. forficulata and P. Mitchelli. 



PsALiDURA FOVEATA Macleay, loc. cit., p. 2 13. 



(J., Form ovate, strongly dilate posteriori}^, convex. Prothorax 

 (6 X 6-5 mm.) finely granulate, much narrower than elytra, apical 

 lobe strongly produced, collar-constriction feeble; elytra(14x 10 

 mm.) rounded on sides, tuberculiform, deeply foveate, interstices 

 irregular, granulate in double series, granules also present 

 between the foveae; metasternum feebly convex, rugosely punc- 

 tate; anal excavation reaching to anterior margin of segment, 

 preanal fossa deep, transverse, marked off from rest of excava- 

 tion, fascicles small, moderately far apart (2 mm.), situated on the 



