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and first tarsal joint of the posterior pair excepted) testaceous. 

 Head large, feebly developed behind the eyes, rounded at the sides 

 posteriorly, truncate at the base, closely, minutely punctate, with a 

 short, deep occipital groove; eyes extremely large, oval, coarsely 

 facetted, somewhat narrowly separated anteriorly; antennae 

 slender, long, joints 9-11 elongated and moderately thickened, 11 

 nearly as long as 9 and 10 united. Prothorax as wide as the head, 

 long, oval, obsoletely canaliculate, densely granulato-punctate. the 

 basal groove shallow. Elytra moderately long, very gradually 

 narrowing from the base; closely punctulate, and also punctato- 

 striate on the disc, the interstices subcostate externally. Ventral 

 segment 5 broadly sulcate down the middle. Legs long, the femora 

 strongly clavate; basal joint of anterior tarsi about as broad as 

 the tibia, that of the posterior pair elongate and feebly curved. 

 Length 5 mm. 



Hab. N. Queensland, Kuranda (G. E. Bryant, 18. xi. '09). 



One male. Amongst the seven described Australian 

 members of this genus (one only of which is known to me, 

 M. victoriensis, Blackb.) the present species seems to be 

 nearest allied to M. intermedia, Lea, from Cairns, which is 

 a smaller insect (length 31 mm.), and has the head longer 

 than wide, etc. The extremely large, oval, coarsely facetted 

 eyes, the large head, and the narrowly subcostate, punctato- 

 stri ate elytra are the chief characters of M.macrophthalma. 



40. Macratria carteri, n. sp. 



Elongate, shining, thickly clothed with rather coarse brownish 

 pubescence; piceous, the head and elytra dark brown, the fifth 

 ventral segment ferruginous, the antennae and mouth-parts, and the 

 anterior and intermediate legs, testaceous, the posterior pair with 

 the femora nigro-piceous and the tibiae and tarsi more or less in- 

 fuscate. Head as long as broad, well-developed behind the very 

 large eyes, closely, minutely punctate, the occipital groove short 

 and deep; antennae long, not very slender, joints 9-11 thickened, 

 9 and 10 elongate, equal, 1 1 nearly as long as 9 and 10 united. Pro- 

 thorax longer than broad, slightly wider than the head. oval, sharply 

 marginal and dilated at the base; densely Bcabroso-punctate, un- 

 impressed. Elytra long, subparallel, much wider than the pro- 

 thorax; conspicuously punctato-striate, the interstices subcostate 

 externally and closely punctate. Legs long, rather stout, the 

 femora strongly clavate, the basal joint of the anterior tarsi much 

 widened. 



Length 5-oA mm. 



