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16.(15)Elytra with interstices depressed, or subdepressed, and opaque in ? . 



39. N. nitidicollis Chaud. 



17.(14)Head and prothorax black. 



18. (19) Pro thorax strongly rounded on anterior part of sides, strongly 



narrowed to base 40.^. qutenslandicus SI. 



19.(18)Prothorax lightly rounded on anterior part of sides, lightly narrowed 



to base 41. A", planipectus SI. 



20.(13)Colour wholly black 42.A 7 . melas SI. 



21.(12)Form narrow; lateral apical sinuosities of elytra deeply excised 



43. JV. ivilcoxi Cast. 



22. (ll)Pronotum opaque 44. N. discorimosus SI. 



32. NOTONOMUS TESSELLATUS, n.Sp. 



Oval. Prothorax opaque, transverse; sides shortly subsinuate 

 before base; basal angles marked: elytra oval, striate; interstices 

 unequal, second, fourth, and sixth much wider than the others, 

 foveolate, third 2-punctate, eighth wider than seventh; humeral 

 angles dentate. Head and prothorax black, lateral channel of pro- 

 thorax virescent; elytra nitid and cupreous in <J, opaque and 

 dark purple in (j>; margin cupreous in both sexes. 



Head small (3*15 mm. across eyes). Prothorax wide (4*15 x 

 5-25 mm.), depressed, much wider at base (4-3 mm.) than apex 

 (3-2 mm.), transversely striolate and longitudinally shagreened; 

 basal angles subrectanular, obtuse at summit; base emarginate in 

 middle; posterior marginal puncture in marginal channel at basal 

 angle ; lateral channel wide ; border thick, extending on to base on 

 each side; lateral basal impressions narrow. Elytra wide, oval 

 (10-5 x 6*4 mm.), depressed, strongly rounded on sides, deeply 

 sinuate on each side of apex; first, third, and fifth interstice nar- 

 row; second, fourth, and sixth wide, closely covered with irregular 

 impressions (these impressions extending nearly to base); seventh 

 and eighth of nearly equal width (eighth a little wider), ninth very 

 narrow, convex, seriate-punctate. Intercoxal declivity of prester- 

 num and mesosternum flat. Length, 17-3 ; breadth, 64 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Tambourine Mountain (H. J. Carter). Colls. 

 Carter and Sloane. 



Two specimens, taken by Mr. H.J. Carte^, at Tambourine Moun- 

 tain, in Southern Queensland, are before me. It is closely allied to 



