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SUBFAMILIES CYPUALEIN^E AND CNODALONIN^E, 



A single specimen^) sent by Mr. Dodd, is evidently separated 

 from the described genera by the combination of characters noted 

 above. Type in the author's Coll. 



Paraphanes Macl. — Lea has described a species as Paraphanes 

 Dumbrelli, that presents so many differences from Macleay's 

 genus as to render it inadmissible to its ranks. As Macleay's 

 description, as to some details, is a little vague, while that of P. 

 Dumbrelli omits some essential characters, I propose the new 

 genus Bolbophanes for Lea's species, and two other North Queens- 

 land insects; and I give below a comparison of the characters of 

 Paraphanes and Bolbophanes, taken from specimens compared 

 with the type. 



Paraphanes Macl. 



Form elongate, moderately 

 convex, parallel. 



Antennae long, penultimate 

 joints little enlarged, 3 distinctly 

 longer than 4, joints 3-10 gradu- 

 ally enlarging and obconic, 11 

 twice as long as 10, subcylindric. 



Eyes quite free of prothorax, 

 and very prominent. 



Prothorax long ; length to 

 breadth as 2:3. 



Sides bisinuate, anterior an- 

 gles sublobate; posterior den- 

 tate, produced outwards. 



Elytra lineate-punctate. 



Prosternum very long, sharply 

 carinate. 



Mesosternal cavity rounded. 

 Epipleurw very narrow, in- 

 complete. 



Bolbophanes, n.gen. 



Form short, very convex 

 (Paropsis-like), ovate. 



Antennae short, joints 8-10 

 abruptly enlarged and trans, 

 verse, 3-7 short and slender, 1 1 

 large and ovoid . 



Eyes (normally) partially 

 covered by prothorax, not at all 

 prominent. 



Prothorax short ; length to 

 breadth as 1 : 2. 



Sides widely rounded, arcu- 

 ately narrowed from base to 

 apex, posterior angles scarcely 

 produced. 



Elytra irregularly, closely 

 punctate. 



Prosternum very short, coxae 

 almost touching front margin, a 

 short wide carina. 



Mesosternal cavity triangular. 



Epipleurce very wide, incom. 

 plete. 



