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T-shaped ; on specimens with the humeral and discal 

 markings conjoined the resemblance is to an irregular M; on 

 some specimens the front half of the clypeus is almost as 

 pale as the labrum, on others it is scarcely paler than the 

 parts behind it; on some the bases of the front and middle 

 femora, or of the front ones only, are obscurely diluted with 

 red. The median line of the head varies somewhat and 

 is usually more distinct on the female than on the male; on 

 the male the eyes are separated about the width of the 

 clypeus, on the female about one-fourth more; the male is 

 without a trace of an abdominal fovea, but on the female it 

 is unusually large. 



DiTROPIDUS LATERICOLLIS, n. Sp. 



9 . Coppery-green and fiavous, club and claws 

 infuscated. Under-surface and legs with sparse, white 

 pubescence, head still more sparsely clothed. 



Head shagreened and with dense punctures ; median line 

 moderately distinct. Eyes rather widely separated. 

 ProtJiorax about twice as wide as the median length; with 

 fairly dense and sharply defined but not very large punctures^ 

 slightly denser in middle than on sides. Elytra slightly longer 

 than wide, sides gently rounded; with rows of small 

 punctures, becoming larger and set in distinct striae on the 

 sides; interstices with very minute punctures. Abdomen 

 with a large, round, deep, apical fovea. Length, 3 "5 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Brisbane (A. M. Lea). Type,, 

 I. 10963. 



The coppery-green parts of the type are the head 

 (except the muzzle), prothorax (the sides obscurely diluted 

 with fiavous), scutellum, and a narrow basal edging of the 

 elytra; the sterna have a more reddish tinge than the 

 abdomen and legs. The distance between the eyes is about 

 equal to the length of the front tarsi, but it would no doubt 

 be less in the male. The hind angles of the prothorax from 

 the sides are seen to be slightly less than right angles, but 

 from above they appear to be much more acute, the front 

 ones are really rectangular, but from above appear to be 

 widely rounded off ; in fact from some directions the sides 

 aiid apex of the prothorax appear to form a perfect semi- 

 circle. The seriate punctures on the elytra are really rather 

 small, but appear to be much larger owing to waterlogging. 

 On the type the finer sculpture of the head has a curious, 

 concentric appearance, but this is scarcely evident on a 

 second female (from Cairns^ Dr. E. W. Ferguson); this 

 specimen also differs in having the dark parts more of a 



