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

 I. 3093. 



A rather narrow, black species, somewhat suggestive of 

 Ghalcolamjjra, with unusually stout legs and antennae. From 

 eUipfica it is distinguished by its narrower form, thicker and 

 darker legs, coarse punctures, and different cephalic impres- 

 sion. The head is densely punctate on the clypeus and near 

 same, then there is a shiny and almost (or quite) impunctate 

 space, and then at the base the punctures are again dense and 

 conspicuous, but the basal punctures are quite concealed when 

 the head is partially retracted. The femora from most direc- 

 tions appear to be edentate, but from, one a very minute tooth 

 becomes visible ; the claws from most directions appear to be 

 simple, but really each has a small and acute, but feebly 

 separated, appendix. 



Rhyparida ophthalmica, n. sp. 



Black ; a flavous spot on each side of base of head, base 

 of antennae, and parts of tarsi more or less flavous. 



Head with fairly dense and rather small punctures^ 

 becoming larger but not denser on clypeus ; with a vague, 

 medio-frontal im.pression. Eyes rather large, very prominent, 

 separation about equal to the transverse diameter of an eye. 

 Protliorax, at widest, about thrice the median length, sides 

 subangularly dilated near base, rapidly diminishing thence to 

 apex, front angles unarmed ; with fairly dense and small, 

 sharply-defined punctures, becoming slightly denser on sides. 

 Elytiri at base scarcely wider than prothorax, sides feebly 

 dilated to beyond the middle ; about base with fairly large 

 punctures, rapidly becoming smaller and almost disappearing 

 before apex. Flanks of prosternicm with striae from base to 

 apex. Femora minutely dentate; claws bifid. Length, 

 Z\ mm. 



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

 (unique), I. 3429. 



The prosternum is distinctly striated posteriorly, and the 

 striation is narrowly continued along the sides to the apex ; 

 the individual striae, however, do not appear to be so con- 

 tinued, but those from the base appear to extend almost to the 

 apex, and then inwards from these a fresh lot starts and extends 

 to apex. The antennae are thicker than is usual in the genus. 

 The elytra have a faint bluish gloss, as on some forms of 

 dimidiata, and the elytral punctures are somewhat as on that 

 species, but the two have little else in common. The head is 

 somewhat as on fropira, but the prothoracic punctures and 

 prosternum are very different. 



