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elytris postice haud abrupte declivibus, ad apicem obliquetrun- 
catis, in disco tricostatis (et quoque costa 4* exteriori leviter 
elevata, et 5* versus apicem fere ut tuberculus elongatus mani- 
festa), costa ad suturam proxima (ita ut criste 5 fasciculate 
appareant) divisa, disco granulis nonnullis parvis ornato ; 
segmento ventrali apicali in medio nigro, linea subtili longi- 
tudinali mediana impresso ; ane quam corpus paullo 
brevioribus. Long., 6 1.; lat., 22 1. 
This species Beldnest to ‘Mr. Pascoe’s seventh section of 
Praonetha (Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. [3] IIT., pp. 180, &c.). It seems 
to be very distinct from all previously described species; the 
long testaceous pilosity clothing the sutural region in its hinder 
portion is a notable character; this pilosity is particularly con- 
spicuous at the commencement of the posterior declivity where it 
is laid almost flat and directed outward as though combed from the 
suture over the hindmost of the crests. [A specimen of this species 
recently received from Mr. Cowley and taken by him near Cairns is 
somewhat smaller than the type and has snowy-white pubescence 
clothing a common space on the elytra a little behind the 
scutellum. | 
N. Queensland. 
CAIRNSIA (gen. nov. Niphonidarum). 
Mas. Mandibule modice ; caput breve, inter antennas parum 
concavum ; antennez quam corpus paullo longiores, subtus 
sparsim ciliate, articulo basali modico sat anguste piriformi, 
3° quam 1"* duplo longiori, 4° quam 3"* vix breviori, ceteris 
ex ordine brevioribus ; oculi fere divisi, fortiter granulati ; 
prothorax longitudinaliter carinatus et sulcatus, antice ad 
latera nodosus (fere ut Prosopli),; elytra antice longi- 
tudinaliter cristatus ; pedes modici robusti, tibiis intermediis 
sunplicibus, tarsis posticis quam tibiz vix brevioribus ; 
acetabula intermedia aperta; prosternum postice et mesos- 
ternum antice sat fortiter declivia sed haud perpendicularia, 
hoc antice nullo modo dentiformi nec producto postice late 
sat fortiter emarginato; segmentum ventrale basale ad 
apicem perlonge ciliatum ; unguiculi divergentes. 
Fem. Antenne quam corpus paullo breviores; segmentum 
ventrale apicale longitudinaliter canaliculatom. 
I am unable to refer the insect for which I propose this new 
name to any previously described genus. M. Lacordaire [Gen. 
Col. LX. (2) p. 521] divides the Wiphonides into two groups dis- 
tinguished by the greater or less emargination of the eyes. I 
think this genus must be placed in the former of these, in which 
it would fall beside Hathliodes ; but it has not at all the facies 
of Hathliodes and differs structurally from the species of that 
