BY E. W FEnCUSON. 247 



anjilo. ill iiiimodiato aiiLilo liilxTclt's s<»nie\vlijil (tbsolete, sides 

 granulate. Klytra (14 x 7 nun.) .sul)j)arallel, narrower tlian pro- 

 tliorax, l)ase suhtrmicate, apex with a strong Hange of five or six 

 tubercles, not extending tjuite to suture; disc between tul)erdes 

 with obsolete punctures, suture practically non-granulate; 

 tubercles strong, acute; tii-st row of ten extending from near base 

 to ai)ex; second row of six from base to edge of declivity; thii'<l 

 row with Hve. strong tubercles, outwardly and backwardly directed, 

 from middle down declivity; fourth row with live, strong tubercles 

 from shoulder to middle, thence Avith obsolete tubercles; sides with 

 obsolete tul)ercles. Fifth ventral segment concave, not exca\atc. 

 posterior border of segment raised. Prosternal tubercles small. 

 Anterior tibia? with three or four strong setae beneath, a stronger 

 seta arising from a small denticle two-thirds of tlie length from 

 base. 



<^. Eh)ngate, more lobu^t than ^. Head and rostrum as in 

 (^. Prothoraxf? x9inni.; strongly dilatate, subangulate: mesial 

 group of tubercles small, about fourteen on each side, irregularly 

 arranged in double series; laterally with numerous tubercles simi- 

 lar to those in mesial group, the largest at tlie lateral angle, median 

 and siiblateral spaces smootli. Elytra ( 18 x 10 mm. ) widest a 

 little behind middle, apex with a strong flange of single tubercles, 

 innermost tlie largest, mucroniform. the two flanges se})arated in 

 middle l)y a well-marked emargination ; disc with small punctures 

 traceable in striae; with rows of round or subconical tubercles of a 

 moderate size, tirst row with nine, second with six. third with 

 eight, fourth with six to middle, thence with obsolete ones, 

 tubercles arranged in the same relative positions as in male; sides 

 obsoletely rugose. Beneath convex; fifth segment without an 

 impression ; prosternal tubercle small. Dimensions: ^J. ■22x7; 9- 

 29 X 10 nnu. 



7/«6.— North Australia. Lynd liiveri Leichhardt. /rsfr Macleay ) ; 

 West Australia. 



The description of the male was drawn u}) from the type in the 

 Macleay INIuseum, that of the female from a specimen in my own 

 collection. While })reseuting considerable difference in the size and 



