286 



Feminae tarsorum posticorum articulo 2° quam basalis duplo 



longiori. Long., l|-2 1. : lat., 1 1. 



Remarkable for its almost uniform rusty-red colour, with 

 the head, front part of pronotum, and the sterna infuscate, 

 and by its short, erect, close, nap-like pubescence. Having 

 only two specimens, I have not been willing to break off an 

 antenna for examination, but I am confident that the stipes 

 has only three joints. There is scarcely anv trace of a sexual 

 nitid space on the elytra of the female, and such as there is 

 it can be discerned only on the subapical callus. 



North Queensland. 



A. major, sp. nov. Fem. Ovalis : sat opacus : castaneo- 

 brunneus ; pilis subtilibus adpressis sat brevibus minus 

 crebre vestitus : antennis 8-articulatis, clava quam articuli 

 ceteri conjuncti manifeste breviori : clypeo antice trun- 

 cate, parum reflexo, subgrosse granulato ; fronte sat con- 

 vexa, cum pronoto crebre subtilius granulato-punctulata : 

 prothorace leviter transverse, antice leviter angustato, 

 supra ?equali, lateribus sat arcuatis postice sinuatis ; 

 elytris confuse (a sutura latera versus gradatim magis 

 grosse) rugulosis, vix perspicue costulatis, area nitida sat 

 obsoleta in callo subapicali ornatis : propygidio (hoc quam 

 elytra parum breviori) T3y2"idioque (hoc gequali, fere a 

 basi sub corpus reclinato) fortiter Sfranulatis : tibiis anti- 

 cis ut .1. hinerei, Blackb., dentatis : tarsis brevibus ro- 

 bustis, posticorum articulo 2 ''quam basalis duplo longiori. 

 Mas latet. Long., 3f 1.: lat.. 1| 1. 



This species is of more oval form than typical Auto?jwJi , 

 wliicli are a little more dilated hindward. The extremely 

 strong granulation of its dorsal surface and its largfe size 

 render it a very distinct species, llie testaceous colour of 

 its antennal club is unusual in the genus. 

 North Queensland. 



CoMOPHorxUS. 

 This genus, founded b}' Blanchard. still contains only 

 the one species ( testae eifeniiia ), which that author described. 

 The genus is quite distinct from TAjinretriif^, though closely 

 allied to it. There is no need to add here to what Blanchard 

 (Cat. Coll. Eiit., 1850, p. 106) has written about it. 



MiCROTHOPUS. 



I have already discussed this genus (Tr.R.S.S.A.,, 1905), 

 and as I, in doing so, had occasion to deal also, incidentally, 

 with the three described species belonging to it, I need not 

 add any remarks here. 



