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moderately convex; before abrasion the punctures appear to 

 be much smaller and the interstices scarcely separately convex. 



POLYPHRADES LATUS, n. Sp. 



Black, antennae and tarsi almost black. Densely clothed 

 with brown, slightly mottled scales. With stout and rather 

 dense setae. 



Head wide. Eyes ovate, coarsely faceted. Rostrum 

 about as long as wide, almost parallel-sided, inter-antennary 

 space somewhat cordate, decidedly lessened in width pos- 

 teriorly; apical plate sharply defined and with distinct punc- 

 tures, depressed, but not carinated along middle. Antennae 

 rather stout; scape rather strongly curved, distinctly 

 passing eyes; first joint of funicle distinctly, but 

 not much, longer than second, second slightly longer than 

 third, fifth to seventh transverse; club moderately elongate. 

 Pro thorax almost as long as wide, sides strongly rounded, 

 base not much wider than apex. Elytra wide, briefly sub- 

 ovate, base conjointly lightly arcuate and not margined, sides 

 rather strongly rounded. Front tihice moderately long, 

 rather lightly curved, moderately denticulate. Length, 6|-7J 

 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns, Kuranda (H. Hacker). 



An unusually wide species, with strongly curved scape 

 and the eyes with coarser facets than usual. The rostrum, 

 although wide, has the space between the scrobes rather 

 narrow in front, and very narrow behind. The elytra are 

 about as wide as in laticollis, but the prothorax is wider and 

 more globose ; the two species, however, have little in common. 

 There is a vague resemblance to some dingy specimens of 

 cesalon, but the rostrum is utterly different. On the under 

 surface the scales are paler than on the upper, and usually 

 have a faint golden gloss. 



On abrasion the head is seen to be coarsely and rugosely 

 sculptured, with small dense punctures on the raised portions ; 

 the rostrum is densely and rather coarsely punctate. The 

 prothorax has dense granules, except close to apex, these being 

 quite easily traceable before abrasion; the punctures are 

 small and dense, with some larger ones scattered about, even 

 on the granules. The punctures in the elytral striae are 

 rather large, and not much obscured by the clothing, but the 

 dense and minute ones on the interstices are normally con- 

 cealed. 



POLYPHRADES PARVUS, U. Sp. 



Black, appendages dull red. Densely clothed with soft 

 feebly variegated scales. With thin and rather sparse setae, 

 suberect only on posterior declivity. 



