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disk , with a strong transverse depression before the basal margin ; 

 thickly covei'ed with minute punctures, which become somewhat 

 larger at the margins. Scutellum broad, semicircular. Elytra not 

 larger than the thorax at the base, enlarged in the shoulder region , 

 slightly emarginate before the middle, from there gradually swelling 

 out, attaining their greatest width at about two thirds the length, 

 thence narrowed towards the apex, where they are conjointly 

 rounded ; closely and very minutely punctured. Legs robust , thighs 

 rather short and very strongly enlarged in the middle, tibiae short 

 and stout 



Length 6 mm. — Habitat: Queensland. 



In this species the shoulders are better indicated than in the two 

 already described species , and the apex of the elytra is absolutely 

 destitute of spines; moreover the pattern of the elytra is very 

 different. 



IVI esolita Pas e o ei v. d. Poll, n. sp. 



(PI. 13, fig. 6). 



Head and thorax brownish-black , clothed with a thin silvery 

 pile; antennae rufous, the joints becoming darker at the tip; 

 elytra brown, darkest at the base, the apical spines black, also 

 covered with a delicate silvery pubescence, which is denser here 

 and there, effecting some indistinct longitudinal lines , however the 

 diskal one only being really conspicuous. Underneath black. 

 Legs brown. 



Head slightly hollowed between the antennae, with an impressed 

 central line; closely and ilnely punctured. Antennae long, overreaching 

 the tip of the elytra; scape large and much swollen. Prothorax very 

 long and narrow, hardly as broad as the head, the sides almost 

 parallel , only a trifle enlarged in the middle , very little narrowed 

 at the tip and the base , the disk but slightly convex , somewhat 

 depressed in the middle; thickly and minutely punctured. Scutellum 

 rather large , obtusely pointed. Elytra very nai"row , hardly as broad 

 as the thorax at the base, the sides gradually but very slightly 



