458 Mr. A. M. Lea on 



loiiiror tlian prothorax, rather tliin, parallcl-sidcd, moderately 

 curved ; iu front of auteniue with fairly dense punctures, 

 behind antennae with rows of punctures separating narrow 

 carinje. Antennse rather thin, inserted slightly uearer apex 

 than base of rostrum ; first joint of funicle stout. Pro- 

 thorax moderately transverse, sides strongly and evenly 

 rounded, base slightly wider than apex ; with dense, partially 

 concealed punctures. Elytra oblong-elliptic, about one- 

 fourth wider than prothorax and more than thrice as long. 

 Under surface with mostly small punctures. Abdomen with 

 second to fourth segments lightly drawn backwards at sides. 

 Pygidium small, but distinct. Femora stout, acutely dentate, 

 ap])endages to claws large. 



Length l^ mm. 



Hah. Queei sland : Kuranda. 



Vague traces of rows of punctures are traceable through 

 the elytral clothing, but on the interstices they are quite 

 concealed. 



Kllescliodes eucalypti, Lea. National Park. 



L .£ M O S A C C 1 D E S. 



Lamosaccus subsignatus, Boh. Illawarra. 



L. querulns, Pasc. Blue Mountains, Svdnev, National 

 Park. 



L. instabilis, Lea. Sydney, National Park. 



L. judaicus, Lea. Baan Baa. 



A L C I D I D E s. 

 Alcides bubo, Fabr. Townsville. 



H A P L O N Y C 1 D E S. 



Haplonyx mediochreatus , sp. n. 



Dark reddish brown, in parts almost black ; antennre and 

 legs dull reddish. Moderately densely clothed with white or 

 •whitish scales ; prothorax with somewhat ochreous scales on 

 sides ; tw o very small blackish fascicles in middle and two 

 still more feeble ones at apex ; elytra with a conspicuous 

 median patch of ochreous scales ; third interstice with two 

 small fascicles, one near base and one at side of ochreous 

 patch ; fifth with a small fascicle near base. 



Rostrum about as long as prothorax in male, distinctly 



