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colorous with the derm on which they rest; elytra usually feebly 

 spotted. Piather densely setose. 



Rostrum with dense and moderately coarse punctures, median 

 carina very distinct but not acute, the others rather feeble. Pro- 

 thorax moderately transverse, sides strongly rounded, base not 

 much wider than apex; granulate-punctate or somewhat vermi- 

 culate, and with a distinct median line. Elytra much wider than 

 prothorax, shoulders lightly rounded, parallel-sided to beyond the 

 middle; punctures in strise large but partially concealed. Length 

 (excluding rostrum) : 10 — 15 mill. 



Hab. : Queensland, Cairns (E. Allen). 



There are nine specimens before me, and of these four are 

 (excluding the clothing) entirely black, except that in three of 

 them parts of the appendages are obscurely diluted with red. 

 The others are of a more or less dingy reddish-brown or dull red, 

 with the legs somewhat paler. The colour of the derm appears 

 to be variable in all, or at any rate in most, species of this genus. 

 On parts of the under surface and legs the scales are sometimes 

 almost white, and frequently with a decided golden gloss. On the 

 elytra there are numerous feeble dispersed spots of scales, some- 

 times whitish with a bluish or golden gloss, and sometimes almost 

 lemon-yellow in colour. On three specimens there is a sub- 

 quadrate pale patch on each shoulder in addition to the other 

 spots. 



52. C. linibifer Faust. — Hab. : Gape York. 



53. C. Umbatus Pasc. — Hab. : Port Denison. « 



54. C. scutellaris Pasc. 



55. C. textilis Pasc. 



56. POLYPHR\DES BREVIROSTRIS n. sp. 



Black, antennce and tarsi reddish piceous. Densely clothed with 

 soft scales. With thin but not erect setoe. 



Head very wide. Eyes ovate, rather coarsely faceted. Rostrum 

 very short, distinctly decreasing in width to apex; inter-antennary 

 space distinctly increasing in width posteriorly; apical plate not 

 triangularly and sharply defined. Antennae stout; scape slightly 

 curved, just passing eye; lirst joint of funicle almost as long as 

 three following combined, second distinctly longer than third, the 

 others transverse; club short, subcontlnuous with funicle. Pro- 

 thorax rather more convex than usual, moderately transverse, 

 sides strongly rounded, base scarcely wider than apex. Elytra sub- 



