240 ME MOIL'S OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



Structurally very close to the preceding species, and with similar clothing, 

 but (4ytral puncturc^s rather less regular, the prothorax with but one dai"k spot, 

 and the elj^tra with four placed transversely across the middle, of the latter 

 the inner spots are oblong-elliptic and somewhat larger than the outer ones, 

 which are circular. 



Family CORYLOPHID^. 



APHANOCEPHALUS BIMACULATUS sp. nov. 



Black ; elytra with two large, round, red spots before the middle ; antennas 

 (except club), palpi, and tarsi reddish. Upper surface shining and almost 

 glabrous, under finely pubescent. 



Head with dense small punctures. Antennre moderately long, first joint 

 stout, ninth forming a one-jointed club. Frothorax at base about four times as 

 wide as the median length, sides strongly rounded and finely margined, apex 

 gently incurved to middle and about half the width of base : with fairly dense, 

 minute punctures. Elytra with outlines continuous with those of prothorax, 

 and M-ith somewhat stronger margins; with fairly dense and sharply defined 

 punctures, mo.stly rather small. Length, 2-2-25 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Bowen (Aug. Simson's No. 1556); Mackay (R. E. 

 Turner). — Type, J. 11800 in South Australian Museum; eotype, C/2339 in 

 Queensland Museum. 



An oblong-elliptic, deep-black species, with two conspicuous red spots on 

 elytra ; of the nine specimens before me the elytral spots are alike on all, except 

 for a slight variation in size and sharpness of definition. The punctures on the 

 elytral epipleurae, sides of metasternum, and basal segment of abdomen are denser 

 and somewhat stronger than on the elytra. 



APHANOCEPHALUS QUADRINOTATUS sp. nov. 



Black; tarsi and four spots on elytra reddish; antenna? (except club), 

 palpi, parts of tibiae, and elytral epipleurae obscurely reddish. Moderately 

 clothed with pale, subdepressed pubescence. Length, 1-75 mm. 



Hal). — Queensland: Mount Tambourine, and Cairns district (A. M. Lea). 

 — Type, 1.11799 in South Australian JMuseum; eotype, C/2340 in Queensland 

 Museum. 



The shape and margins are as in the preceding species, but the size is 

 smaller, punctures on elytra somewhat larger, those on the basal segment of 

 abdomen and sides of metasternum denser but smaller than on elytra, and those 

 on the elytral epipleura? still smaller. The first spot on each elytron is larger 

 than the other, curved like an inverted comma, commences near the shoulder, 

 and terminates in the middle about one-fourth from the suture; the second one 

 varies considerably in size and shape, and is placed at the apical third ; on one 

 specimen the spots on each elytron are conjoined, on another they are conjoined 

 on the right elytron (so as to appear like an S) but are free on the left. 



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