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Head with small, di'iisc ]iiuic1ni'('s on l)asal half. Aiitciiiiac with first and 

 ninth joints larg'o, tlic latter roi-uiiuii' a club. Pi'othorax wid(4y transverso. sides 

 strong'ly ronnded and distinctly nia.r«>ined, apex <i'ently incurved to middle and 

 about half the width of base; Avith dense and small l)ut sharply defined i)unctures. 

 Elyti-a slio'htly widei- than ])ro1horax, sides distinctly marg'incd ; with dense and 

 j-alher coarse punetinv^s. rnder-surface with dense and sharply defined but not 

 vei-y large punctures, larger on sides of metasternum and on basal segment ol' 

 abdomen than elsowhei-e. Length, L.") nnn. 



llah. Queensland: Cairns di.strict (A.M. Lea). Type ( inu(iue). L 117!)?. 



Very distinct by the coarse punctrres and distinct markings of elytra ; the 

 latter may be variable; on the tyjie they consist, on each elytron, of a small spot 

 on the shoulder, a sonunvhat S-shaped mark extending, near the suture, from 

 close to the base to the middle, and an elliptical mark (enclosing a dai-k spot) 

 obliqnely placed on the apical third. The margin of each elytron, on its apical 

 third, appears as a series of three short straight lines, instead of being evenly 

 I'onnded. 



APHANOCEPHALUS NITIDUS sp. nov. 



Illack, sides of j)rothorax, tips of elytra and most of under-surface obscurely 

 jialer, elytral epijjlenrae and legs still paler. rnder-surface and legs finely 

 ])Hbescent, upper-surface scarcely visibly so. 



Head with dense punctures, sharjily defined neai- base, but mnch less distinct 

 in front. Antemiae with ninth joint forming a rather large truncated club. 

 i*i"othorax widely transverse, sides strongly rounded and finely margined, apex 

 incurved to middle and scarcely half the width of l)ase ; with dense and small 

 but rather shar])ly defined punclures. Elytra with outlines continuous with 

 those of prothorax, but margins sonvwhat wider; the punctures somewhat sjjarser 

 and slightly larger. Under-surface with dense punctures, slightly lai-ger on sides 

 of metasternum and on basal segmc'ut of abdomen than on elytra. Length, 

 ■J J") -2") nnn. 



llah. Queensland: Mount Tambourine (A.M.Lea). Type, 1.11798. 



Largei' and more shining than A. piiiicf)i!(it us and yl. pol(nnoi>h iliis, u|)per- 

 surface with very indistinct )')u!)esc(^uc(\ and punctures much smaller. A s(>con(l 

 sjiecimen is somewhat smaller and paler than the type. 



