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sides, scarcely (or not at all) traceable across middle. Eyes 

 large, prominent, and widely separated. Prothorax shagreened 

 and feebly, or not at all, punctate : more than twice as wide 

 as long, front angles distinctly armed. Elytra moderat-ely 

 long, distinctly wider than prothorax, sides feebly dilated to 

 beyond the middle ; with rows of fairly large punctures, be- 

 coming much smaller posteriorly. Flanks of prosfernum feebly 

 striated on base and sides, but not to apex. Hind femorri very 

 minutely dentate; claws bifid. Length, 2f-3|^ mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Coen River (W. D. Dodd), Cairns 

 district (H. Hacker and A. M. Lea). Type, I. 3423. 



In size, colour, and general appearance strikingly like 

 some forms of apicalis, but prothorax shagreened and with 

 scarcely traceable punctures, sides of prosternum not longi- 

 tudinally striated, and eyes more prominent and less close 

 together. On some specimens the pale apical portion of elytra 

 is quite sharply defined, occasionally appearing as an oblique 

 spot on each side ; on others it is very little darker than the 

 adjacent parts; on the latter specimens the shoulders are also 

 not well-defined, and the legs and antennae are of a rather 

 dingy colour, the antennae are sometimes of uniform 

 colour, but are usually darker towards the apex. Some 

 small specimens are almost entirely of a smoky-brown. One 

 specimen (the only one from the Coen River) is of a lurid 

 reddish-brown, with the scutellum, elytra, and all the appen- 

 dages of a dingy-flavous. On some specimens the prothorax 

 appears to be entirely without punctures, but on others some 

 very small ones are to be seen. 



Rhypaeida vagans, n. sp. 



Flavo-castaneous ; labrum, tips of palpi, apical half of 

 antennae, and tarsi darker; elytra flavous. 



Head wider than usual ; with small and fairly distinct 

 punctures at sides of base and on clypeus, sparser or absent 

 elsewhere ; medio-frontal impression short and disconnected, 

 clypeal suture sometimes traceable at sides, but not across 

 middle. Eyes small and widely separated. Prothorax about 

 thrice as wide as long, front angles unarmed : jDunctures 

 moderately dense and small, becoming denser and larger on 

 sides. Elytra short, not much wider than prothorax, sides 

 feebly dilated to beyond the middle ; with rows of unusually 

 small punctures, disappearing (except close to suture and sides) 

 on apical slope. Flanks of prosternum striated about base, but 

 not elsewhere. Femora scarcely visibly, if at all, dentate; 

 claws feebly appendiculate. Length, 3-4 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cunnamulla (H. Hardcastle) ; New 

 South Wales : Wentworth (Miss Cudmore) : Victoria (H. H. 



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