378 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN ENTOMOLOGY, XV., 



Head convex (1*1 mm. across eyes), shagreened; front not 

 impressed; eyes convex, prominent, coarsely faceted. Prothorax 

 wider than head, transverse (0'9 x 1-5 mm.), widest and sub- 

 angulate in middle; disc convex, canaliculate; sides obliquely 

 narrowed to apex and base, a little more strongly and roundly 

 so to apex; anterior margin finely bordered; anterior angles 

 obtuse, rather distant from head; base truncate, slightly oblique 

 on sides; basal angles obtuse but marked; lateral margins reflexed, 

 explanate (widely so posteriorly), bearing two setae (anterior at 

 middle, posterior at basal angle); basal area depressed. Elytra 

 widely ovate (3*2 x 2-35 mm.), lightly convex; humeral angles 

 widely rounded; apex obliquel}'^ truncate; external angle widely 

 rounded, sutural angle decidedly marked; interstices Isevigate, 

 subconvex, first with a short striole at base, third with a fine 

 puncture on subapical macula, ninth not narrower than eighth, 

 seriate-punctate; marginal channel wide, depressed; border ex- 

 tending from peduncle to apical sutural angle. Mesosternum 

 with intercoxal part small, narrow; metasternum meeting meso- 

 sternum in a narrow point between the coxae. Tarsi with 

 penultimate joint entire. Length 4-5-5, breadth 2*35 mm. 



Hah. — Q. : Cairns District (Froggatt); Normanby River (Sloane). 



I have been able at the Macleay Museum to compare specimens 

 brought from the Cairns District by Mr. Froggatt in 1887 with 

 M. tetraspilotns W. S. Macleay, and have found that M. macleayi 

 differs by size smaller; prothorax shorter, wider, sides not sinuate 

 posteriorly; head less rugulose, ifcc. Several specimens occurred 

 to me on the Upper Normanby River, 40 miles south-west of 

 Cooktown, in June, 1906, beneath a log upon the ground in scrub. 

 The genus Moctherits has not been recorded previously from 

 Australia. 



Stricklandia nigra, n.sp. 



Depressed; head large, eyes prominent; prothorax deeply 

 emarginate at apex, lateral margins explanate; elytra much 

 wider than prothorax, striate, interstices subcostate, a sharp 

 spine at inner and outer apical angles of each el3^tron. Black; 



