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verso, aiigulis antieis obtusis, marginibus sat late foliaceis, sulcis 

 discoidalibus lateralibus interruptis ; elytris costis sequalibus. 



Hah. Queensland. 



Black, shining ; head and prothorax bronze-brown, the 

 former with the frontal impression somewhat hexagonal, the 

 upper line forming three shorter sides ; antennaa black ; 

 prothorax transverse, strongly rounded and rather broadly 

 foliaceous at the sides, the anterior angles obtuse, lateral dis- 

 coidal lines interrupted ; scutellum triangular, on the same 

 level as the elytra ; the latter about twice the length of the 

 prothorax, their costge equal ; body beneath and legs glossy 

 brownish black. Length 6 lines. 



This species in habit more nearly approximates, altliough 

 very different, to A. Howittii'^ but the strongly rounded pro- 

 thorax is more characteristic of A. Walcknaeri. Its precise 

 habitat is uncertain. 



AtrypTiodes encephalus. 



A. angustatus, niger, nitidus ; prothorace oblongo, antice sat fortiter 

 emarginatus, lateribus anguste foHaceis, modice rotundatis, sulcis 

 diseoidahbus laterahbus interruptis vel fere obsoletis ; elytris 

 costis sequalibus. 



Hob. Rockhampton. 



J^arrow, black, shining ; part within the frontal impression 

 raised and marked above with two foveas ; prothorax oblong, 

 sides slightly rounded, foliaceous margin of moderate width, 

 anteriorly rather strongly emarginate, the anterior angles 

 somewhat obtuse, central discoidal line well marked, the two 

 lateral interrupted, occasionally nearly obsolete ; scutellum 

 triangular, lying below the level of the elytra ; the latter about 

 the width of the prothorax and nearly twice as long, their 

 costa3 equal ; body beneath and legs glossy pitchy brown. 

 Length 7 lines. 



A narrow species, readily distinguished by its strongly 

 emarginate prothorax. 



Atrypliodes pitliecius. 



A. niger, subnitidiis, elytris cupreo-fuscis ; prothorace paiilo con- 

 vexo, utrinque modice rotundato, marginibus anguste foHaceis, 

 sulcis lateralibus nidlis. 

 Hah. Queensland. 



Black, slightly nitid, the elytra dark copper-brown ; antennae 

 brownish, much more slender in the female ; prothorax rather 

 longer than broad, slightly convex, the anterior angles obtuse, 

 the margins narrowly foliaceous, the sides most rounded an- 



