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dorsalis, Thoms. (and which, moreover, is very likely to be Mallo- 
don insulare, Hope—Hope’s name in that case having the 
priority). Compared with the Port Darwin species the present 
insect is much more nitid, the basal joint of the antenne scarcely 
flattened, the lateral borders of the prothorax very much more 
strongly and closely punctured, in sharp contrast with the almost 
perfectly levigate disc, the elytra nearly levigate, the abdomen 
nearly black, &c. 
N. Queensland ; presented to me by C. French, Esq. 
MICROTRAGUS. 
M. quadrimaculatus, sp. nov. Setis erectis sparsim vestitus ; 
dense nigro-fusco-squamosus, palpis testaceis, pedibus et 
maculis in elytris binis (humerali et subapicali) cinereo- 
squamosis ; prothorace quam latiori (spinis lateralibus ex- 
clusis) vix longiori, supra subplanato, inequali, ruguloso, 
utrinque spina robusta conica armato; elytris quam pro- 
thorax (spinis lateralibus inclusis) vix latioribus, tuber- 
culorum conicorum seriebus binis instructis, ad apicem 
singulatim minute oblique truncatis. Long., 44—6 1. ; lat., 
ABBE | 
The disc of the prothorax bears numerous obscure little 
tubercles, and a larger one on each side of the median line nearer 
to the front margin than to the base; some of the small tubercles 
form an obscure raised line across the disc somewhat behind the 
middle. The elytra are sparsely pitted with large fovea-like 
punctures. The nearly-black colour with a large ashy-white spot 
on each shoulder, and another near the apex of each elytron 
(the latter ill-defined,—the whole apex being slightly cinereous) 
renders this a very distinct species. 
N. Queensland ; sent to me by C. French, Esq. 
PENTHEA. 
P. pardalis, Newm. I have recently seen in the collection of 
C. French, Esq., a specimen taken in N.W. Australia which 
appears to be a small and rather obscurely-coloured example of 
this insect. J believe its occurrence in Western Australia has 
not been previously recorded. 
PHYTOPHAGA. 
DONACIA. 
D. Australasie, sp. nov. Testacea, prothorace obscuriori, hoc 
elytrisque viridimicantibus; corpore subtus confertim 
breviter albido-argenteo-pubescenti; antennis gracilibus 
quam corpus paullo brevioribus ; femoribus haud dentatis ; 
