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width from base to apex; punctures much as on head. Elytra 

 convex, the width of prothorax at base, almost parallel-sided 

 to middle, and then strongly narrowed to apex; with crowded 

 and fairly well-defined punctures and with remnants of 

 striation about base. Spurs to hind tibiae subequal, the 

 longest about half the length of the following joint. Length, 

 2J-3 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland : Cairns district (E. Allen and A. M. 

 Lea), Mount Tambourine (Lea). Type, I. 6119. 



The general outlines more nearly approach those of 

 Orchesia than is usual in the genus, but the body-parts are 

 softer and the front coxae are not separated by an intercoxal 

 process ; the spurs to the hind tibiae are longer than is usual 

 in the genus, but shorter than in Orchesia. The sexes may 

 be readily distinguished by the eyes, those of the male are 

 almost touching in front, but in the female they are separated 

 fully the width of the notch in each eye; the antennae of the 

 male are also stouter and somewhat longer than those of the 

 female, and the front tarsi are somewhat wider. The third 

 joint of the antennae is slightly smaller than the second, and 

 on many specimens is so closely applied to the fourth that it 

 appears to belong to it, so that at first the antennae seem to 

 be but ten- jointed. The elytral markings are somewhat 

 variable, but on most specimens consist of a narrowly-infuscate 

 space at base (on some specimens appearing as a fascia), a 

 wide median fascia usually continued along suture till it 

 joins in with a subapical fascia; the latter is sometimes 

 continued quite to the apex ; on many specimens the space 

 between the median and subapical fasciae appears as a large 

 pale spot on each elytron ; the fasciae when present are always 

 narrowly interrupted at the suture. One specimen (A) fro?n 

 Cairns has the median and subapical fasciae almost black and 

 quite disconnected, and the basal infuscation slight; another 

 (B) from Cairns has the elytra entirely flavous, but with the 

 infuscate markings vaguely traceable; one (C) from Northern 

 Queensland (Blackburn's collection) has the elytral markings 

 reduced to a vague infuscate spot on each side of the middle, 

 and a vague subapical spot. Two other specimens, from 

 Mount Tambourine, agree with the specimens A and B. 



SCRAPTIA ANGUSTA, n. Sp. 



Pale flavous ; seven or eight apical joints of antennae 

 rather lightly infuscated. With rather dense and pale (on 

 some specimens almost golden) pubescence. 



Head small and rather strongly convex ; with rather large 

 clearly-defined punctures. Eyes comparatively small, widely 

 separated and semicircularly notched. Antennae rather long 



