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middle, irregularly, subfoveately impressed; femora tumid, tibiae 

 thin, glabrous above, finely tomentose beneath, tarsi short, basal 

 joint shorter than the apical, intercoxal process rather narrow, 

 prosternum short and carinate; other characters as in Olisthce?ia. 

 A genus not very near any other, distinguished by its narrow 

 parallel form, with unusual convexity — (Topev/m, embossed work). 



TOREUMA CUPREUM, n.Sp. 



Elongate, parallel, convex; nitid coppery-bronze above, reddish- 

 brown beneath; antennae, tibiae, and tarsi red. 



Head finely and closely punctate, the epistoma rounded, labrum 

 prominent; canthus oblique, little raised, scarcely angulate in 

 front; suture straight and well marked, forehead widely canalicu- 

 late; eyes large, separated by a distance less than the transverse 

 diameter of one eye; antennae not reaching base of prothorax, 

 joint 3 little longer than 4, 3-6 subcylindric, 7-10 obconic, 8-10 

 enlarged but not so wide as long, 1 1 oval. Prothorax 2x4 mm., 

 length measured in middle, width at base, bisinuate at apex, the 

 middle moderately, the angles considerably advanced and acute; 

 sides arcuately widening to the base, the latter bisinuate, the 

 posterior angles more sharply acute than the anterior; apex and 

 sides with moderately thick border, the latter finely channelled 

 within, explanate margins rather wide and opaque in colour, the 

 disc very nitid, both disc and margins finely, not closely, punctate. 

 Scutellum scutiform (triangular, with rounded sides), punctate. 

 Elytra of same width as prothorax at base, very convex, with 

 highest point in the middle; sides subparallel for the greater 

 part, narrowly bordered and channelled throughout, the whole 

 surface unevenly vermiculate-punctate, with unequal fovea? 

 irregularly scattered, the vermiculate intervals closely and 

 evidently punctate, some larger impressions near base. Apical 

 segment of abdomen closely punctate, other segments distinctly 

 striolate, intercoxal process triangular; sternum with fine shallow 

 punctures; prosternum carinate, received into a semicircular 

 notch of the mesosternum; tarsi short, the claw-joint nearly as 

 long as the rest combined. Dimensions, 10 x 4| mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland! Mr. F. Dodd). 



