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triangular!; elytris breviusculis, modice convexis, basi 

 ampliatiSj fortiter striatis, interstitiis uniseriatim granu- 

 latis ; antennis pallide ferrugineis, articulis duobus basa- 

 libus modice elongatis. 



Long. 1| lin. 



Hah. — Queensland (Rockhampton) . 



Not so robust as the following, and uniformly coloured. 



Meriphus guttatus. 



M. rufo-ferrugineus, nitidus, subnudus, squamulis 

 albidis vel flavescentibus condensatis, maculas formanti- 

 bus, scilicet duas ad basin prothoracis, et circa sex in sin- 

 gulo elytro ; rostro dimidii corporis longitudine vel paulo 

 longiore ; prothorace latitudine longitudine sequali, squa- 

 mulis elongatis rarissimis induto ; scutello scutiformi ; 

 elytris fortiter striato-punctatis, interstitiis uniseriatim 

 tuberculatis, tuberculis singulatim setula basi instructis ; 

 corpore subtus sat dense albido-squamoso ; pedibus fere 

 nudis ; femoribus valde incrassatis, fortiter dentatis ; 

 articulo secundo funiculi primo longiore. 



Long. 2-2i lin. 



Hab. — Queensland. 



The spots are variable in number, and are sometimes 

 absent from the prothorax ; on the elytra, counting from 

 the base, they run 1, 2, 3 (or 2) . 



Okpha, n. g. 



A Meripho diflfert scrohe infra rostrum connivente ; 

 clava antennarum ovata, articulo primo ampliato ; coxis 

 anticis globosis, haud contiguis ; et tarsis articulo basali 

 breviusculo, dilatato. 



The upper surface of the only species of this genus 

 known at present, is entirely free from scales or pubes- 

 cence, and is more depressed than in the species of 

 Meriphus. 



Orpha flavicornis. 



O. subdepressa, picea, nitida; rostro cum capite 

 fere duplo prothorace longiore et subtiliter punctato ; 

 prothorace subconico, lateribus leviter rotundatis, sat 



