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than second, second feebly, the others rather strongly trans- 

 verse. Prothorax moderately transverse, sides moderately, 

 base and apex lightly rounded ; with dense round granules, 

 very distinct after but not before abrasion. Elytra elongate- 

 subeordate, not much wider than prothorax, widest about 

 middle ; with regular rows of large round punctures, appear- 

 ing very small but in distinct striae before abrasion. 

 Legs rather short and stout; claws short, equal, separated 

 from about the middle. Length, 5 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns district (F. P. Dodd). Type 

 (unique), I. 5810. 



A rough-looking species, larger than parvus, inter-anten- 

 nary space more narrowed posteriorly, antennae stouter, 

 prothorax less rounded, and clothing rougher. Considerably 

 narrower than latus, prothoracic granules not conspicuous 

 before abrasion, and their setae stouter and more depressed; 

 the elytral setae are also decidedly less numerous than on that 

 species. The clothing is so dense that the inter-ocular sculp- 

 ture is entirely concealed, but a small portion has been 

 abraded near an eye, and is seen to be rather strongly 

 obliquelv strigose ; the prothoracic granules are scarcely trace- 

 able through the clothing, although each is supplied with a 

 stout seta. There are some feeble pale spots of scales at 

 the base of elytra, between eyes, and on the legs, and still 

 more feeble spots on the pronotum ; the setae are stout, but 

 all more or less decumbent. 



POLYPHRADES MAESTUS, 11. Sp. 



c? . Black, parts of appendages obscurely diluted with 

 red. Densely clothed with muddy-brown, feebly-variegated 

 scales, becoming ashen on under-surface ; moderately densely 

 but rather inconspicuously setose. 



Eyes rather large and ovate. Rostrum moderately long, 

 tricarinate, median carina narrow and conspicuously joined 

 to a conspicuous and almost impunctate apical triangle. 

 Scape stout and almost straight; first joint of funicle slightly 

 longer than second and third combined, second slightly longer 

 than third, the following ones lightly transverse. Prothorax 

 rather lightly transverse, sides moderately and evenlv 

 rounded; granules dense, round, and distinct before 

 abrasion. Elytra moderately long, base conjointly lightly 

 arcuate, widest at about basal third; with regular rows of 

 large, suboblong punctures, appearing much smaller through 

 clothing, but striation deep and distinct. Legs moderatelv 

 long; tibiae distinctly denticulate; claws short, equal, and 

 separated only near apex. Length ( <$ , 9)> 6i-8 mm. 

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