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Maris antennarum clava quam articuli 1-6 conjuncti vix 

 longiori, pygidio nitido sparsim distincte punctulato. 



FeminaD antennarum clava sat breviori, pygidio minus nitido 

 subobsolete puncbulato. Long., 4J — 5J 1.; lat., 2J — 3 1. 



Tropical Queensland. 



JV. yorkensis, sp. no v. Ovata ; modice convexa ; nitida ; supra 

 glabra ; rufa, elytris antennisque testaceis ; capite cum 

 clypeo crebre fortiter, prothorace sparsim subfortiter, 

 pygidio sparsim subtilius, punctulatis ; prothorace sat 

 fortiter trans verso, antice fortiter angustato, lateribus sat 

 rotundatis, basi retrorsum declivi utrinque manifeste sinuata, 

 angulis anticis acutis subprominulis posticis obtusis (vix 

 rotundatim) ; elytris minus regulariter striatis, striis fortius 

 punctulatis, interstitiis sat planis sparsim fortius punctul- 

 atis ; tarsorum posticorum articulo basali quam 2^"^ distincte 

 breviori. 

 Maris antennarum clava quam articuli 1 — 6 conjuncti fere sesqui 



longiori. 



Feminge antennarum clava quam articuli 1 — 6 conjuncti sat 



breviori. Long., 5 J 1.; lat., 24 1. 



Differs from the preceding in color, also in the much longer 



antennal club of the male, the prothorax notably less strongly 



declivous hindward across the base, the considerably stronger 



puncturation of the elytra, the absence of sexual difference in the 



sculpture of the pygidium, &c. 

 Tropical Queensland. 



iV. planicoUis, sp. no v. Ovata ; modice convexa ; nitida ; supra 

 glabra ; rufa vel rufo-testacea, capite infuscato, prothorace 

 magis obscure rufo, elytris antennisque pallidis; capite 

 quam clypeus manifeste minus crebre, prothorace sparsim 

 subfortiter, punctulatis ; prothorace fortiter transverso, 

 antice sat fortiter angustato, lateribus sat rotundatis, basi 

 haud retrorsum declivi utrinque parum sinuata, angulis 

 anticis acutis parum prominulis posticis obtusis (vix rotun- 

 datim) ; elytris geminato-striatis, striis sat fortiter punctu- 

 latis, interstitiis (ex his, alternis quam cetera paullo 

 angustioribus minus punctulatis vix convexioribus) sat 

 fortiter confuse punctulatis ; tarsorum posticorum articulo 

 basali quam 2^^^ sat breviori. 

 Maris antennarum clava quam articuli 1 — 6 conjuncti plus 



quam sesquilatiori, pygidio sparsim subfortiter punctulato. 

 Femina latet. Long., 54 1.; lat., 3 1. 

 Resembles the preceding (7\^. yorkensis) in color but differs 



from it in the considerably longer antennal club of the male 



(which to a casual glance looks about twice as long as all the 



