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NEODIAPHANOPS (gen. nov. Sagridarum). 
Caput declive, minus elongatum; palporum maxillarium articulus 
ultimus ovalis; oculi sat parvi, transversim ovales, sat 
prominuli, subtilius granulati; antennze robuste, quam 
corpus paullo breviores, articulis intermediis compressis 
(maris quam feminz magis fortiter, ultimo femine appen- 
diculato maris deformi) ; prothorax subcylindricus, latitudine 
majori ad basin sita (fere ut Dzaphanopis), angulis anticis 
vix distinctis ; elytra quam prothorax multo latiora, fere a 
basi dehiscentibus, ad apicem rotundata ; prosternum inter 
coxas angustum, quam cox vix minus elevatum ; meta- 
sternum inter coxas intermedias haud productum; pedes 
modici, femoribus modice incrassatis (posticis quam anteriores 
paullo magis, illis prope apicem dente acuto armatis), tarsis 
modice elongatis (fere ut Dzaphanopis), robustis, articulo 
basali quam 2™ parum longiori, unguiculis simplicibus ; 
abdominis segmentum basale quam 2—4 conjuncta parum 
brevius. 
Nearest I think to Diaphanops of described genera, beside 
which it would stand in M. Lacordaire’s arrangement as a 
member of the “Groupe” Carpophagites, on account of the 
greatest width of its prothorax being at the base of that seg- 
ment. In that “Groupe” it differs from Carpophagus inter alia 
by its prosternum not prominent behind the cox and its very 
much less dilated femora, and from Diaphanops by its head not 
rostriform in front, transversely oval eyes, and much longer 
antenne. Its elytra (of ordinary length but) dehiscent almost 
from the base in both sexes, and strongly depressed distinguish 
it at once from all described Australian genera of Sagrides. Its 
ligula is of the Sagrid type. The upper surface of the typical 
‘species is pubescent (rather closely on the prothorax and head, 
very sparsely on the elytra), and the under surface is densely so. 
The facies, and especially the colours and markings, are sugges- 
tive of Polyoptilus, but I do not look upon that genus as at all 
closely allied structurally to the present one. 
NV. Frogygatti, sp. nov. Niger, antennis (articulis basalibus 3 
exceptis)] tarsisque rufis, elytris flavo-variegatis; minus 
nitidus , capite prothoraceque confertim subtiliter aspere 
punctulatis ; antennarum articulis 1° sub-globoso, 2 perbrevi, 
3° quam 1"s 2° que conjuncti vix breviori obovata, 4° quam 
3" vix breviori subtriangulari fere transverso, 5° quam 
4"° parum longiori, 4°—11° gradatim longioribus ; prothorace 
leviter transverso sub-cylindrico, ad basin dilatato, lateribus 
leviter sinuatis ; elytris sparsius subfortiter nullo modo 
seriatim punctulatis, sutura manifeste carinata. 
