OF AUSTRALIAN PHYTOPHAGOUS BEETLES. 473 



towards the apex finer and much less strongly impressed ; inter- 

 spaces transversely wrinkled, more strongly thickened near the 

 apex, and there forming raised longitudinal rows. 



G-ELOPTERA VESTiTA. Ovata,valde convexa, picea, uitida, pube 

 adpressa grisea vestita,pedibus antennisque pallidis harum articulo 

 ultimo nigro ; thorace transverso, inde puuctato, lateribus triden- 

 tatis ; elytris crassepunctatis, punctis ad apicem striatim disposi- 

 tis, interstitiis subcostatis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hob. Port Bowen. 



Head closely and coarsely punctured ; front concave between 

 the eyes ; clypeus trigonate ; antennae slender, three fourths the 

 length of the body, third joint three times the length of the 

 second, the eleventh joint black. Thorax twice as broad as long; 

 sides rounded, armed with three stout acute teeth ; above trans- 

 versely convex, coarsely punctured. Elytra much broader than the 

 thorax, convex, coarsely punctured, the punctures towards the 

 apex arranged in longitudinal rows ; interspaces between these 

 rows subcostate ; on the anterior disk are also several slightly 

 raised costae. 



Grenus Ehtpaeida, Baly. 



Ehtpaeida maculicollis. Oblongo-ovata, convexa, piceo- 

 nigra, nitida, supra rufo-castanea, anteunis (basi excepta), thoracis 

 maculis duabus, transversim positis, elytrorumque plaga magna 

 communi a basi fere ad apicem extensa, postice attenuata, nigra. 

 Long. 2f lin. 



Hah. Queensland, Eockhampton. 



Clypeus coarsely punctured, not distinctly separated from 

 the face, its anterior border deeply concave-emarginate ; vertex 

 nearly impunctate ; front faintly impressed with a longitudinal 

 groove ; antennse with the three lower joints rufo-fulvous, the 

 fourth piceous, the rest black ; third joint one third longer 

 than the second. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long ; sides 

 rounded, converging in front ; anterior angles armed with a 

 small obtuse tooth ; above convex, smooth and shining, remotely 

 impressed with minute punctures, only visible under a lens ; 

 placed transversely on the disk, but rather nearer the anterior 

 border than the base, are two large black patches. 8cutellum 

 semirotundate-ovate, piceous. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 oblong, convex, faintly excavated below the basilar space, regu- 

 larly punctate-striate, the punctures coarser and more deeply 



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