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the tarsi above dark blue; prosternum narrow and convex, meso- 

 sternum of nearly similar shape. 



Hab. Qaeensland. 



I oiily know of a single spécimen of this species, contained in 

 my collection, it is the third of the genus known. 



MEGASGELOIDES n. g. 



Body elongate, finely pubescent, head not constricted behind the 

 eyes, the latter broadly sinnuate at the inner margin, antennes widely 

 separated, inserted below the eyes, filiform, the intermediate joints 

 thickened, the basai joint rounded and dilated, short, the second 

 half the size and thin, the third and foUowing joints longer, sub- 

 equal, terminal joints shorter and thinner; thorax subquadrate, one 

 half broader than long, distinctly margined, the sides nearly 

 straight, the surface finely pubescent; elytra wider than the thorax 

 at the base, irregularly punctured, their epipleurae broad at the base, 

 gradually narrowed and continued to the apex ; legs rather short and 

 stout, ail the femora strongly dilated, the tibise simple, unarmed, 

 the first joint of the tarsi twice as long as the second, claws appen- 

 diculate near the apex ; prosternum distinct, narrowly elongate, the 

 first abdominal segment not much longer than the second one. 



The insect for which this genus is proposed bas very nearly the 

 gênerai shape and appearance of a species of Megascelis but the 

 dilated intermediate joints of the antennae, the distinct latéral mar- 

 gins of the thorax and the strongly widened femora and appendi- 

 culate claws do not allow the species to be mistaken for one of the 

 former genus, nor do the structural characters agrée with any other 

 included in the earlier groups according to our présent system of 

 classification. 



Megasceloides pallidus n. sp. — Pale fuluous, the apical 

 joints of the antennes hlack, head and thorax finely punctured and 

 'pubescent; elytra flavous, strongly and closely punctured, the inter- 

 stices raised in shape of narrow longitudinal Unes. — Length, 8 mill. 



Head finely punctured and sparingly pubescent, broad, the 

 clypeus not separated but bounded by a very shallow fovea above, 

 mandibles broad and short, palpi slender, antennse extending to 

 the middle of the elytra, flavous, the terminal four or flve joints 

 blackish, greatly narrowed and tapering, intermediate joints flat- 

 tened; thorax subquadrate, scarcely one half broader than long, ail 

 the margins nearly straight, the surface finely punctured and pubes- 

 cent, fulvous, the sides with an absolete dépression; elytra paler 

 than the thorax, closely and strongly punctured with narrow raised 



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