360 ' Rfxords of the S.A. Museum 



]\f. Jniroldi, 1)111 il is considerably larger than llic txpc of that s])e('ies (8 mm.) 

 and the head is not ".sv// foriitcr (/rdniddto/' 



Var. ? A. Fonrtecn specimens witliont locality lahcls (hnt probably from 

 the Northern Territory, and two of them bearing Blaek})urn's No. 7279) have 

 punctures as in the Bowen specimens, but are less shining, and the elytra are 

 shagreened and opaque; if this condition is natural they probably represent an 

 imdeseribed species. 



Yar. ? B. Six specimens similarly pinned to A (and two also bearing 

 Blackburn's No. 7279) are structurally similar, but the elytra are not shagreened 

 or opaque; their sides, from front of head to tips of elytra, are obscurely reddish, 

 but to a variable extent. 



MONOPLISTES TROPICUS sp. nov. 



Black, highly polished, legs obscurely reddish, antennae, palpi, and tarsi 

 paler, club infuscated. 



Head gently convex and with minute punctures betAveen eyes, larger and 

 more numerous, but not crowded, ones on sides; front with six acute teeth, of 

 which the median ones are longer and more acute than the others. Prothorax 

 more than twice as wide as the median length, sides very narrowly margined, 

 admost parallel on basal two-thirds, then oblique to apex, where the angles are 

 slightly produced but very acute ; with minute but sharply defined punctures, 

 and a row of larger ones at base. Elytra closely applied to prothorax; with 

 narrow but well defined striae, containing small distant punctures, interstices 

 feebl.y separately convex, and with scarcely visible punctures. Metasternum 

 with dense and rather large punctures on sides, becoming very minute in 

 middle. Front femora moderately dentate ; front tibiae moderately curved, 

 apex dilated, Avith three acute outer teeth, the apical one much larger than the 

 others, notched near inner base ; hind tibiae moderately curved, and each with 

 a long terminal spur. Length, 8-5-4 mm. 



I[ah. Queensland: Cairns district (F. P. Dodd and A. M. Lea). Type, 

 I. 15435. 



A briefly oblong-elliptic species, smaller than M. phanophilus, and elytral 

 striae more deeply impressed, with the interstices feebly separately convex. The 

 larger sj)ecimen has much less acute tibial teeth than the type (which was taken 

 from a .sticky seed of Pisonia hrnnoniana), but this may be due to abrasion. Two 

 specimens from Wyndham (J. Clark from W. CrawshaAv) appear to belong to the 

 species, but have the punctures in the elytral striae slightly larger and closer 

 together, and the punctures on the interstices rather sharply defined, although 

 verv minute. 



