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lobo scutellari obtuso ; scutello inviso ; elytris ut in P. 

 laticoUe, sed humeris magis productis, regione scutellari 

 utrinque fortiter callosa ; corpore infra parcius squamoso ; 

 pedibus squaraulis silaceis tenuatis sparse dispersis ; 

 tibiis elongatis, flexuosis, extrorsum sensim angustatis. 



Long. 6 lin. 



Hah. — Queensland. 



The comparative length of the two basal joints of the 

 funicle, the callus on each side the scutellum^ and the 

 form of the tibiae, are the peculiar characters of this 

 species. 



The two following species have the prothorax less 

 abruptly vertical, and, especially the first, a shorter me- 

 tasternum, than the three preceding. Acalles rubetni, 

 Er., is probably congeric ; it is known, inter alia, from 

 the two described below, by a small ashy patch on each 

 elytron, and the legs varied with luteous and brown. 



Paleticus frontalis. 



P. breviter ovatus, fuscus, parcius silaceo-squamo- 

 sus, squamis majoribus erectis fuscis dispersus ; fronte 

 quadrifoveata, inter oculos sulcata ; rostro tricarinato, 

 extrorsum piceo, nitido, vage punctate ; antennis tes- 

 taceo-piceis, articulo secundo funiculi prime plus duplo 

 longiore ; prothorace transverse, utrinque rotundato, 

 basi modice bisinuato, lobo scutellari obtuso ; scutello 

 inviso ; elytris late subovatis, basi prothorace latioribus, 

 humeris paulo productis, lateribus valde rotundatis, supra 

 subseriatim vage punctatis, prope suturam granulis nitidis 

 rarissime munitis ; femoi'ibus dente minute armatis ; 

 tibiis extus squamoso-ciliatis. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. — Queensland. 



The forehead in this species is marked with four 

 squarish fovea), the two intermediate separated by an 

 almost obsolete line, and below these, a7\d between the 

 eyes, is a well-marked transverse linear groove. 



Paleticus invidus. 



P. ovatus, subdepressus, niger, squamulis verruci- 

 formibus nigris dispersus ; fronte convexa, inter oculos 



