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Queensland ; sent to me by Mr. Hurst, of Brisbane, and also 

 by Mr. Duboulay. 



L. grata, sp. nov. $ (?) Minus parallela ; piceo-castanea ; subni- 

 tida ; supra sat dense subtus confertissime albo-squamulata, 

 elytris lineis subconvexis subnudis sat l?ete ornatis ; pec- 

 tore baud hirsuto ; clypeo perbrevi in medio fortiter reflexo 

 emarginato ; prothorace sat convexo minus trans verso antice 

 angustato, lateribus crenulatis pone medium rotundato- 

 ampliatis postice subsinuatis angulis posticis minus acutis ; 

 pygidii margine postico sinuato-truncato, tibiis anticis 

 tridentatis ; antennarum articulo 3° 4° a?quali. Long., 9 1. ; 

 lat., 5 1. 

 The flabellum of the antennjv is scarcely so long as the pre- 

 ceding 5 joints together. The pygidium across the base is slightly 

 more than half again as wide as it is long down the middle ; it is 

 very closely and rather finely punctured and scaly. The suture 

 of the elytra and 4 other sub-parallel lines on the elytra are 

 scarcely convex, but are almost devoid of white scales. The 

 prothorax is about half again as wide as its length down the 

 middle, its base being slightly more than half again as wide as its 

 front, which is simply emarginate and devoid of a raised margin, 

 as also is the middle part of the base ; its sides are much more 

 closely and strongly crenulate than in L. squainulata, Waterh., 

 alhohirta, Waterh., and caudata, Blackb. The puncturation of the 

 upper surface is fairly close and strong, and the scales are rather 

 coarse, so as to give a general whitish tone except on the denuded 

 lines of the elytra. 



Resembles L. Rothei, Blackb., rufa, Blackb., and degener, 

 Blackb., in its non-hirsute breast. It is nearest to L. Rothe% 

 from which the equality of the 3rd and 4th joints of the antennae 

 will inter alia distinguish it ; the scales on the upper surface of 

 L. rufa and L. degener are quite fine and hair-like. 



Queensland ; sent to me by Mr. Oswald B. Lower, of Parkside. 



NEOLEPiDiOTA, gen. nov. 

 A Lepidiota diftert corpore haud squamulato, tarsis longissimis. 



The insect for which I propose this name has been in my collec- 

 tion for a good many years past, during which I have been hoping 

 to obtain more specimens, but as no other has yet come to light 

 it will perhaps be as well to give it a name and publish as much 

 information as possible concei^ning it. It is evidently very near 

 Lepidiota, but the two characters mentioned above are inconsis- 

 tent with its being placed in that genus. The front tarsi are 

 quite half again, the intermediate nearly half again, and the hind 

 just about, as long as their tibia?. The upper surface is glabrous, 

 except on the lateral margins, which are fringed with stifi" hairs, 



