100 SUBFAMILIES CYPHALMNJi AND CNODALON1XM, 



and epimera with rather large, round punctures, prosternum more 

 finely punctate, the process rather wide, not carinate; pointed in 

 front and triangularly rounded behind. Legs long, three basal 

 joints of anterior tarsi enlarged, posterior tarsi with claw-joint 

 wanting, basal joint long. Dimensions, 16x8 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland. 



A single male (I think from Mr. Dodd) is nearest P. quadri- 

 spinosus Waterh., which is, however, said to be "parce pubescens," 

 "niger," with anterior angles "longe porrectis," and posterior angles 

 "rectis," all of which characters sufficiently differentiate it from 

 the above. The raised and subdentate canthus should assist in its 

 identification. Type in the author's Coll. 



McERODES KEKSHAWI, 11. Sp. 



Elongate, parallel; black, glabrous, moderately nitid, antennae 

 and tarsi reddish, apex of palpi testaceous. 



Head densely punctate, epistoma truncate in front, widely 

 rounded on sides, canthus raised, suture only defined by oblique 

 lines at the sides, eyes separated by a distance less than the appar- 

 ent transverse diameler of an eye (seen from above), antennae not 

 reaching base of prothorax, joint 3 little longer than 4, 7-11 suc- 

 cessively widened and transverse, 9-11 widely ovate. Prothorax 

 3|x 7 mm., length measured in the middle, width near base, apex 

 arcuate-emarginate; anterior angles strongly produced outwards 

 into a sharp spine, sides rounded, sinuate behind front angles, nar- 

 rowed behind, base bisinuate; posterior angles acute, lateral mar- 

 gins subhorizontal, widening at the anterior angles and narrowiy 

 produced on apex as far as the eyes; disc regularly, closely punc- 

 tate, with some irregular depressions near base. Scutellum scuti- 

 form and concave. Elytra wider than prothorax at base, shoulders 

 rounded, sides- parallel for the greater part, lateral border nar- 

 rowly channelled within, continuous to the apical spine, the latter 

 short and stout, not placed at suture, but about 2 mm. apart; disc 

 with about fourteen rows of large punctures, uneven in size and 

 position (in general close), rows 8-9 and 12-13 somewhat com- 

 mingled, the punctures continuous to the apex, but smaller in this 

 region ; intervals and epipleuras smooth. Abdomen finely punctate- 



