150 



channel wide at the hase, heconiing much nai-rower towai'ds apex, 

 with a ieeble and partially concealed longitudinal impression 

 towards each side; with dense, rather large and almost regular 

 granules. SciUeUuut. almost vertical, entirely concealed h'om above. 

 Elytra disiincii)- wider than prothorax at hase, sides intlated to near 

 apex and then widely and conjointly rounded, linely serrate 

 or denticulate from about the middle to apex, each strongly and 

 separately rounded at base, suture at base suddenly and strongly 

 elevated and overhanging scutellum, densely granulate throughout, 

 each granule, except those on suture and on the basal elevations, 

 placed in front of a puncture. Melastermuii with rather large but 

 irregularly distributed granules. Femora with two acute teeth near 

 apex and some smaller ones behind them, posterior passing apex 

 of second abdominal segment; front tibite. moderately, the others 

 feebly denticulate below in female, but all rather strongly in male. 

 Length 13-14 miU. 



Hah. : Queensland : Gayndah (Hamburg and Australian Museums), 

 Ptockliampton (Belgian Museum), Dawson River (Macleay Museum). 



To the naked eye the upper surface appears to be of a dingy grey 

 or almost glabrous, except for the small spots on the elytra; the first 

 row of these commences on the suture just before the middle, and 

 terminates on each side just beyon<l the middle, the second is half 

 way between the first and apex, whilst the third is straight and half 

 way between the second and apex; the third, however, is usually 

 very feeble and may be altogether absent. There are several feeble 

 si>ets on the abdomen, but most of its surface is sparsely clothed ; 

 the dense patch of clothing on each side of the metasternum is 

 somewhat iridiscent in fresh specimens; the side piece is densely 

 clothed in front and sparsely elsewhere, but it has a nude shining 

 spot, which, although of fairly large size, is not conspicuous. In 

 rhinotioides Hope [congesla Pasg) the oblique stripe commences on 

 the hind margin of the side piece, and is directed obliquely 

 forwards; in the present species it commences on the front margin 

 and is directed obliquely backwards, and covers a greater amount 

 of surface. The scrobes are shallow and partially clothed, but are 

 obhque and about the length of the first joint of antennte. 



306. Agnesiotis pilosida Pasg. 



A specimen before me (1 ) agrees so well with the figure and with 

 the generic and specilic descriptions of this species, that I have no 

 doubt but that it is that species. I3ut Pascue describes both the 



(1) From GoSFORD, belougiiig to H.-J. Carter. 



