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strongly rounded; with numerous small tubercles of varying size 

 and shape but mostly rounded; médian impression rather deep at 

 base and apex, but interrupled in middie. Elytra conjoLntly arched 

 atbase, slightly rounded to about the middie; with dense large and 

 deep punctures; and each with five conical tubercles. Front tibise 

 long, l'eebly curved and with a few indistinct teeth, — Length 

 14 mill. 



Hah. : N. E. Australia (type in Macleay Muséum), 



The prothorax is unlike that of any other species before me, 

 being almost divided into two large lobes, at its widest part it is 

 considerably wider than the base of the elytra. The elytral tubercles 

 are ail acutely conical, but vary considerably in size ; on each they 

 are placed as foUows : a small one on shoulder, two on the third 

 interstice, one of thèse being not much larger than the humerai 

 one and near the middie, the other being the largest of ail and 

 overhanging the posterior declivity, and two on the lîfth interstice, 

 one before and one behind the médian tubercle, and which they 

 slightly exceed in size. The largest tubercle is on the second 

 — fourth interstices and is fully as long as the scape. 



The unique spécimen before me is fairly densely clothed with 

 dingy scales on the legs and under surface, but the upper surface 

 is almost glabrous. I bave described it, however, as even if badly 

 abraded the wide and very peculiar prothorax and few and conspi- 

 cuous elytral tubercles render it one of the most distinct species of 

 the genus. 



Leptops fasciculatus n. sp. 



Black. Densely clothed with scales and setcie, the latter forming 

 feeble fascicles on the elytra. 



Rostrum rather long, acutely carinated along middie. Sublateral 

 sulci rather narrow, open posteriorly. Scrobes feebly sinuous, 

 rather shallow posteriorly, directed towards lower third of eyes. 

 Antennœ rather thin, none of the joints of funicle transverse. 

 Prothorax moderately transverse, sides rounded in front; with 

 numerous small partially concealed tubercles; médian impression 

 feeble. Elytra subcordate, sides rather strongly rounded to about 

 the middie; with large partially concealed punctures, each of which 

 bears a distinct seta; some of the interstices obtusely tuberculate. 

 Front tibiaî strongly curved and with very minute teeth. — Length 

 7-17 mill. 



Hab. : Queensland : Gairns (Macleay Muséum), Kuranda (H. Hacker 

 and H. H. D. Griffith). 



