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punct-ures, almost disappearing laterally. Elytra suboblong- 

 ovate, very little wider than prothorax, widest at about 

 middle ; with rows of fairly large punctures, becoming smaller 

 "towards but quite distinct to apex. Flanks of prosternum con- 

 spicuously striated throughout ; episterna densely and coarsely 

 punctate. Femora minutely dentate; claws bifid. Length, 

 3^ mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Coen River (W. D. Dodd). Type 

 (unique), I. 3092. 



In general appearance like some of the darker forms of 

 (I'picalis, but seriate punctures of el3^tra distinct to apex. 



Rhyparida bimaculicollis, n. sp. 

 PI. vi., fig. 40. 



Flavous ; prothorax dark reddish-castaneous, a large ill- 

 defined black spot on each side ; elytra with the suture and 

 epipleurae infuscated, and with a conspicuous blackish spot 

 •on suture near base, sterna and apical half of antennae infus- 

 cated . 



Head with small punctures at base, disappearing before 

 clypeus ; with a feeble disconnected frontal impression ; clypeus 

 with fairly dense and distinct punctures, without suture pos- 

 teriorly. Eyes large, prominent, and widely separated. Pro- 

 thorax rather more than twice as wide as long, all angles 

 armed ; with dense and rather small punctures, but absent 

 from close to base and at sides. Elytra, distinctly wider than 

 prothorax, parallel-sided to beyond the middle ; with rows of 

 rather large punctures, becoming much smaller towards, but 

 traceable to apex : interstices with sparse and minute punc- 

 tures. Flanks of prosternuni distinctly striated throughout. 

 Femora minutely dentate ; claws bifid. Length, 3J-3| mm. 



Hah. — Queensland : Cairns district (A. M. Lea), Kuranda 

 (H. H. D. Griffith). Type, I. 3119. 



In general sculpture close to tenuis, but, apart from the 

 very different colour, prothorax more transverse, with much 

 more conspicuous punctures, and with front angles conspicu- 

 ously armed. In these it agrees with m,inusmda , but from that 

 species it differs in being larger, with bimaculate prothorax 

 and striated prosternum. 



Rhyparida subangulata, n. sp. 

 PI. vi., fig. 41. 

 Of a dingy reddish-castaneous, elytra paler but with dark 

 markings, prothorax with more or less conspicuous markings; 

 abdomen and appendages more or less flavous. 



Head shagreened, impunctate ; with a narrow medio- 

 frontal disconnected impression ; clypeus impunctate or almost 



