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striolate; sides of metasterhum and epimera strongly pustulose, 

 prosternum rugose, its process carinate, produced anteriorly and 

 received into a triangular cavity behind ; intercoxal process widely 

 arched. Dimensions, 20 x 10 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland. 



Two specimens, both probably male, are amongst some Cypha- 

 leinse sent for examination, from the Melbourne Museum, by Mr. 

 J. Kershaw, the courteous Curator, to whom I dedicate the species. 

 A specimen also in the Adelaide Museum. It is readily distin- 

 guished from M. Westwoodi MacL. by the following: (1) wider 

 and differently shaped prothorax, especially wider at apex through 

 its strongly divergent spines, which are narrower and more for- 

 wardly directed in M. Westwoodi. (2) Punctate-striate elytra 

 (quite irregular sculpture in M. Westwoodi). (3) The apical spines 

 placed farther from the sutural extremity. (4) Stouter and more 

 parallel form. Type in National Museum, Melbourne. 



The Australian Cnodalonix^s. 



This subfamily occupies a position between Cyphaleina? and 

 Helopinse. They are differentiated from the former by the 

 following characters. Head not largely enclosed in prothorax, 

 the latter not strongly emarginate, prosternum little or not at 

 all compressed, its process less produced behind, and the corres- 

 ponding mesosternal notch less enlarged, the epipleural fold 

 continuous to the apex, tarsi shorter. From the Helopinse, they 

 are differentiated by the depressed joints of their antennae, and 

 their brilliant metallic colours. Widely distributed in the East 

 Indies, South America, Madagascar, so., far only four genera have 

 been recorded from Australia; and these may be distinguished 

 by the following table. 

 l(3)Prothorax aud elytra more or less cylindric. 



2. Elytra coarsely and irregularly punctate Titama Eriehs. 



3. Elytra finely striate-punctate Thtsilea Haag. 



4. Body oval, prothorax explanate, tarsi thin Chariotheca Pasc. 



5. Form more depressed, tarsi short and stout Espites Pasc. 



Pascoe differentiates Espites from Chariotheca by its slopino- 

 mesosternum, short stout tarsi, and narrow clypeus. 



