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fortiter punctulatis, ad apicem fortiter emargiriatis et 

 bispinosis. 

 Maris antennis quam corpus sublongioribus, articulo apicali 

 curvato-appendiculato ; segmento ventrali basali ad apicem 

 et segmenti 2' area angusta basali subparallela (hac segmen- 

 tum medium baud attingenti) dense ochreo-pilosis. 

 Feminee antennis quam corpus brevioribus, articulo ultimo vix 



appendiculato. Long., 12 1.; lat., 4 1. 

 Over the whole surface except the elytra there is an even 

 clothing of ashy pubescence vaguely intermingled with ochreous. 

 The antennae are clothed with ashy fine pubescence the joints 

 beyond the second having their apices (successively less widely) 

 glabrous. The elytra are pubescent across the base to about the 

 distance of the apex of the scutellum ; then comes a nearly glab- 

 rous zone bearing only a few small pubescent spots and reaching 

 back to about the apex of the basal one-fifth of the elytra ; the 

 next zone is densely pubescent (nitid granules however. protrud- 

 ing through the pubescence and a somewhat triangular subglab- 

 rous space interrupting the pubescence on the lateral margin), Jits 

 front margin being nearly straight, its hind margin strongly 

 concave ; the apical zone (not much less in length than half the 

 elytra measured on the suture, and about one-third measured on 

 the lateral margin) is sparsely studded with small pubescent spots 

 on the almost glabrous derm. 



The pubescent variegation of the elytra is much like that in 

 *S'. cinnamomeus, Pasc, and Rhytiphora latifasciatus, Pasc, — 

 from the first of which this species diflfers inter alia by the elytra 

 not being crested at the base and from the other — independently 

 of generic characters — by the deeply emarginate and biapiculate 

 apex of each elytron. If I am correct in my identification of the 

 two species just mentioned they also differ from *S'. fasciatus in 

 their sexual characters. 



N. Queensland ; sent by Mr. French from Port Mackay. 



RHYTIPHORA. 



8, imiformis^ sp. nov. Fem. Minus elongata ; sat parallela ; 

 picea plus minusve rufescens, antennis palpis pedibusque 

 manifeste rufescentibus ; pube albido-cinerea dense vestita, 

 hac (? exemplis abrasis) in partibus nonnullis carenti sicut 

 maculae glabrae apparent ; capite sparsim subtilius punctulato, 

 supra sat elevato-convexo (fere ut R. latifasciatce, Pasc), 

 linea longitudinali impresso, clypeo antice angusto triangu- 

 lariter emarginato ; oculis modicis sat fortiter granulatis 

 (fere ut R. latifasciatcs) ; antennis quam corpus sublongiori- 

 bus, plus minusve pube albida subtili vestitis, subtus pilis 

 sat elongatis sat dense fimbriatis, articulo 3° quam 1"' fere 



