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the eyes and a strong carina on either side bordering the eyes 

 within. 



I refer this insect to Corwhus a little doubtfully, as its facies is 

 hardly of that genus ; the short basal joint of the tarsi, trans- 

 verse scutellum abruptly pointed behind, and short lateral carina 

 of the prothorax seem, however, to place it there. 



N. Queensland ; in the collection of C. French, Esq. 



AGRILUS. 



A. French^ sp. no v. Obscure viridis; pube tenui argentea minus 

 crebre vestitus, vitta humerali et fascia postmediana denu- 

 datis; prothorace vix transverso, antice quam postice latiori, 

 subtiliter transversim striolato, in medio longitudinaliter 

 sulcato, postice utrinque impresso ; scutello subcoriaceo, 

 elytris sat crebre subrugulosis, apice emarginatis et spinis 

 validis binis armatis. Long., 2^ 1. ; lat., f 1. 

 Extremely distinct from the previously-described Australian 



Agrili, especially by the strongly bispinose apices of the elytra. 

 Victoria ; in the collection of C. French, Esq. 



PARACEPHALA. 



P. cBiiP.a, sp. nov. Elongata ; subcylindrica ; sat nitida ; a?nea ; 



pilis argenteis minus sparsim vestita ; capite longitudinaliter 



canaliculato, quam prothorax magis nitido, sat fortiter sat 



crebre punctulato ; prothorace elytrisque sat a^qualiter con- 



fertim granuloso-punctulatis ; illo fortiter transverso, disco 



medio subgibboso, parte gibbosa transversim subcarinata ; 



elytris postice rotundatis denticulatis ; corpore subtus latera 



versus sat dense argenteo-pilosis. Long., 3 — 3|^ 1. ; lat., f 1. — 1 1. 



The peculiar form of the prothorax will render this species easily 



recognisable. The prothorax is scarcely marked otf by a distinct 



line from the flanks of the prosternum. The present insect 



does not seem to differ structurally from Paracephala (Agrihis) 



pistachia, Hope, though it is very much larger, and its form is 



distinctly less narrow and cylindric ; it is very similar in general 



facies to the species which I take to be P. murina, Thorns. 



N. W. Australia. 



CLERID.E. 



ALLELIDEA. 



The species described below is evidently a member of this 



genus. The basal joint of the tarsi being quite exposed when 



viewed from above would seem to place the genus near Tillus. 



A. viridis, sp. nov. Cylindrica ; linearis ; nitida ; pilis erectis 



sparsis vestita ; viridi-tenea, antennis (clava excepta) palpis 



pedibusque (tibiis plus minusve infuscatis exceptis) flavis vel 



