252 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 



462. — MoNOCREPiDius Mastersii. n. sp. 



Length 10 lines. 

 Dark brown, subopaque, finely and densely punctate, and 

 clothed with reddish yellow decumbent pile. Antennae and palpi 

 reddish. Thoi'ax subconvex, scarcely longer than the width, and 

 very lightly marked on the median line near the base, with the 

 posterior angles strong, bicarinate, and rather obtuse. Scutellum 

 more elongate than in Monocrepidius Australasice. Elytra scarcely 

 longer than twice the width, broadest about the middle, slightly 

 narrowed and rounded at the apex, and strongly striato-punc- 

 tate. Legs reddish. 



463. — Monocrepidius striatus. n. sp. 



Length 8 lines. 

 Of a more elongate form than the last species, brown, sub- 

 opaque, very finely and densely punctate, and thickly clothed 

 with a pale fulvous decumbent pile. Thorax longer than the 

 width, with the median line marked on the posterior half, and 

 with the posterior angles strong, subacute, and bicarinate — the 

 inner carina small- Elytra nearly three times as long as the 

 width, striated — the interstices nearly flat and densely punctate, — 

 and separately subacuminate and minutely emarginate at the 

 apex. Legs and antennae yellowish red. 



464. — Monocrepidius acuminatus. n. sp. 



Length 6 lines. 

 Subelongate, reddish brown, subopaque, very finely punctate, 

 and clothed with a very short ashen pile. Head somewhat 

 depressed in the middle. Thorax much longer than the width, 

 with the median line scarcely traceable behind and the posterior 

 angles strong, subacute and bicarinate — the inner carina very 

 small. Elytra finely punctato-striate, with two reddish patches 

 at the base, and with the apex emarginate and minutely toothed 

 at the outer extremity of the emargination. Legs yellow. 



465. — Monocrepidius breviceps. n. sp. 

 Length 7 lines. 

 Subelongate, brown, subopaque, finely punctate, and densely 



