468 Mr. A. M. Lea on 



Its mesosternal receptacle has its hind margin almost vertical 

 instead of flattened out, the sides somewhat thicker, and 

 crowned with rather long erect setae, and there are similar 

 setae on the adjacent coxae. Its abdomen has the basal 

 segment largely depressed in the middle, and the second to 

 fourth segments have a continuous highly polished space 

 along the middle (in the female this is represented by a 

 shining space at the tips only). Its legs also are a trifle 

 longer, but are otherwise the same. 



Hijparinus brevipes, sp. n. 



Black ; antennae and tarsi of a dingy red. Moderately 

 densely clothed with muddy-brown scales ; with longer (and 

 usually paler) ones thickly scattered about on the legs and 

 prothorax, and on the latter forming feeble fascicles ; elytra 

 with fascicles or tubercles. 



Head Avith forehead strongly quadrisinuate. Rostrum 

 rather long and thin, strongly curved ; from antennae to 

 base somewhat inflated and with rows of coarse partially 

 concealed punctures, in front of antennae parallel-sided, 

 shining, and impunctate. Scape short, clavate, inserted 

 one-third from base of rostrum, shorter than thi-ee following 

 joints combined ; two basal joints of funicle rather long and 

 subequal, none of the others transverse. Prothorax mode- 

 rately transverse, sides strongly rounded ; with dense, nor- 

 mally concealed punctures. Elytra about one-third wider 

 than prothorax, base strongly trisinuate, basal half parallel- 

 sided ; with rows of large, partially concealed punctures, 

 each with five distinct tubercles and some smaller ones. 

 Basal segment of abdomen flat in middle, but middle of apex 

 feebly depressed, and suture there slightly incurved, second 

 as long as third and fourth combmed. Femora stout, 

 strongly and acutely dentate, hind ones just passing tip of 

 elytra ; tibiae rather wide and compressed, rounded on their 

 upper edge, bisiuuate on the lower. 



Length 7-8 mm. 



Hab. Queensland : Kuranda (G. E. Bryant), Cairns {E. 

 Allen), Little Mulgrave River {H. H. D. Griffith). 



Smaller than dispar and tenuirostris : from the former 

 distinguished by the longer second abdominal segment, 

 shorter hind femora, and absence of sutural granules; from 

 the latter by the tips of the hind femora just passing apex of 

 elytra instead of considerably so, and prothorax with denser 

 clothing. On each elytron the distinct tubercles are as 

 follows : — Two on the second interstice (one before and one 



