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lateribus integris; convexus, apice sulco irapresso margi- 

 natus; margine antico utrinque ad latus elevato. Scutd- 

 lum oblongo- aut elongato-quadratum ; basi bilobatum. 

 Elytra oblonga aut anguste oblonga, parallela, lateribus 

 valde lobatis; supra convexa, circa scutellum abrupte 

 elevata. Pedes sat elongati; ringuiculis basi incrassatis. 

 Prosterniim latitudine longior, postice bilobatum, antice 

 deflexum, utrinque ab episterno antico, sulco distincto 

 separatum; episterno antico angulo antero-interno libero. 



Type Pavdcephala ■pcctoralis. 



Tliis genus is at once known from Ochrosopsis by the 

 deep groove separating the prosternum from the anterior 

 episternum. C. Jilum, Chapuis, belongs to the present 

 genus. 



Paracephala pectoralis. 



Subelongata, subcylindrica, nigra, nitida, prosterno bi- 

 dentato flavo ; abdomine, thoracis lateribus elytrorumque 

 fascia vix ante medium, longe ante suturam abbreviata, 

 rubris; thorace parce, hie illic fortiter punctato; elytris 

 fortiter punctato-striatis, interspatiis ante medium trans- 

 versim strigoso-rugulosis. 



Long. 1^ lin. 



Hab. Australia; Cape York. 



Vertex and face coarsely punctured; eyes not approxi- 

 mating, deeply notched ; antenna equal in length to the 

 body $', fourth shorter than either the third or fifth, 

 these latter equal in length, six outer joints slightly 

 thickened; labrum piceous. Thorax twice as broad as 

 long ; sides nearly parallel and sinuate at the base, 

 rounded and converging from behind the middle to the 

 apex, hinder angles posteriorly produced, acute; basal 

 margin concave on either side, medial lobe broadly trun- 

 cate- emargin ate ; upper surface convex, nitidous, spa- 

 ringly impressed here and there with coarse, deep punc- 

 tures; apical margin bounded by a deep sulcation, the 

 margin itself distinctly raised on either side. Scutellum 

 subquadrate, its base emargiuate. Elyti-a oblong, sides 

 rather strongly lobed; upper surface thickened just round 

 the scutellum, strongly and deeply ])unctatc-striate, the 

 inner striie immediately below the scutellum coniiised; 

 interspaces transversely wrinkled before the middle; me- 

 dial fascia dilated on the outer margin, abbreviated inter- 



