68 ^Ii". F. P. Pascoe on now Gnu ra 



munito ; antennis ( S ) corporc duplo vcl fore triple longnoribus, 

 12-articuluti9, articulis sexto ct octavo ciiiereis ; prothoraoe sat 

 valde transverso, crelire puiutulato, spina valida pone medium 

 utriuque annato ; elytris sat grosse et modice coufcrtim punctatis, 

 fasciis duabus arcuatis notatis, una ante altera pone medium 

 obsitis ; corpore infra interrupts griseo-pubescente ; pedibus 

 paree pilosis, subtiliter pubeseentibus. Long. 5-7 1| lin. 



Hob. Queensland. 



The 12- jointed antcmiie of tlie male i.s a character occurring 

 also in the t'oUowinp: species ; and I find it as well in //. basalis. 

 It niav he noticed that the apical ])ortion is tliickened in some 

 individuals, owing to the penultimate joint being of the same 

 size as the one preceding, and both, as well as the last, being 

 closely fringed. In general appearance this species might be 

 taken at the first glance for //. australis ; but the transverse 

 f;\ce of the latter, Avithout the raised lines at the sides, Avill 

 readily differentiate it. 



Hehesecis cristata. 



H. nitide nigra, pube inaequali fulvo-grisea sat sparse tecta ; capite 

 rugoso-punctato, antice transverso, Unoa elevata utrinque munito, 

 tuberibus antenniferis remotis ; antennis ( J ) corpore plus duplo 

 longioribus, 12-articulatis, articulis sexto, octavo, nono basi, et 

 tribus ultimis cinereis ; prothorace modice transverso, subcrebre 

 punctulato, dorso utrincjue calloso, lateraliter fortiter conico- 

 spinoso ; elytris subtrigonatis, sat sparse punctatis, costulis magis 

 elevatis, basi singulorum piloso-cristatis, pone medium fascia nigra 

 notatis ; corpore infra abdomineque lateraliter albido-pilosis ; pedi- 

 bus paree pilosis, subtiliter pubeseentibus. Long. 4^-5^ lin. 



Hah. Queensland (Gayndah). 



There is a dark stripe bordered with white externally on 

 each side of the prothorax of one of my specimens ; the 

 elytral crest is also black, and the pubescence of a whitish 

 gi'ey ; the amount of ashy colour on the antennae is also vari- 

 able. This species is allied to //. basalis ; the latter, infer 

 alia, has the antennary tubers more produced and approximate, 

 and the terminal joints of the antenna nearly as short again. 



Protorhopala elegans. PI. VIII. fig. 1. 



P. testaceo-rufa, pube alba tenuiter sat dense vestita, maculis elytro- 

 rum exceptis ; antennis attenuatis, coii^ore longioribus, articulis 

 tertio quartoque sequalibus longiusculis, hoc subarcuato ; prothorace 

 transverso, utrinque in medio tubereulo parvo munito ; scutelio 

 transverso, apice rotundato, dense albo-tomentoso ; elytris basi 

 rude punctatis, singulis maculis tribus denudatis nitidis irregu- 

 laribus mnnitis. sc//. una basali. una media majore. una versus 



