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much wider than prothorax ; with rows of not very large punc- 

 tures, becoming much smaller posteriorly. Flanks of pro- 

 -sternum striated about base only. Hind femora minutely 

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



Uah. — Queensland : Cairns district (E. Allen, H. Hacker, 

 ^nd A. M. Lea). Type, I. 3432. 



Allied to the preceding species and similarly attracted in 

 abundance to lights, but consistently smaller and paler, pro- 

 thorax somewhat wider, and with distinctly larger (although 

 small) punctures, apical angles distinctly armed, and some- 

 what stouter antennae. On some specimens most of the body 

 and appendages are flavous, some paxts paler than others ; 

 on an occasional specimen the abdomen is rather deeply infus- 

 cated. 



Rhyparida commutabilis, n. sp. 

 PI. vii., fig. o9. 



Flavous; apical half (or more) of antennae infuscated. 



Head with fairly dense and distinct punctures throughout, 

 but becoming larger and denser on clypeus ; medio-frontal 

 impression short and deep, feebly (or not at all) connected 

 with base by a scarcely elevated line. Eyes fairly large, very 

 prominent, and widely separated. Frotliorax about thrice as 

 wide as long, front angles obtusely armed, usually with a 

 shallow impression on each side ; with moderately dense and 

 small punctures, becoming somewhat larger on sides. Elytra 

 very little wider than prothorax ; with rows of punctures of 

 moderate size, becoming smaller towards but quite distinct 

 to apex. Flanks of prosternum striated only about extreme 

 base. Femora edentate; claws bifid. Length, ^\-^\ mm. 



Hah. — North Queensland (Blackburn's collection), Cairns 

 •district (E. W. Ferguson, E. Allen, and A. M. Lea), Mungar 

 Junction, Magnetic Island ; New South Wales : Tweed* and 

 Richmond Rivers, Glen Innes, Wollongong, Gosford, Galston 

 (Lea), Nowra, Kurrajong, Sydney; Victoria (Macleay 

 Museum). Type, I. 3103. 



The colour except for (sometimes, especially in the smaller 

 specimens, even including) the antennae, is usually entirely 

 flavous, some parts slightly paler than others ; but frequently 

 •on the larger specimens the head at base, and the clypeus, are 

 ■deeply infuscated ; such specimens also frequently have a 

 iDlackish spot on each femur. Occasionally there is a vaguely 

 infuscated spot on each side of the prothorax, and rarely there 

 is one on the suture near the base : in two specimens, however, 

 there is a fairly large sutural blotch near the base. One speci- 

 men has various parts of both surfaces obscurely infuscated ; 

 «and some parts of the lower-surface are occasionally deeply 



