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transverse ridges, elsewhere with sparser and more feeble ones. 

 Mesosternal receptacle slightly cavernous, walls thin. Legs 

 long and thin; front coxae with a small tubercle; femora 

 lightly dentate, hind ones passing apex of elytra. Length, 

 11J-15J mm. 



9 . Differs in being more robust, the elytra less wedge- 

 shaped. Kostrum shorter, with smaller punctures, sparser 

 clothing, and without an impressed line at apex. Antennae 

 much shorter, scape not passing eyes, first joint of funicle 

 slightly shorter than second, the five apical joints and base 

 of club without special hairs. Basal segment of abdomen more 

 convex. Legs much shorter, and hind femora just passing 

 apex of elytra. 



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

 I. 1464. 



In general appearance much like schonherri variety 

 antennarius, but mesosternal receptacle slightly cavernous 

 and shoulders narrower. The antennae of the male are very 

 similar, but on schonherri, and on its variety, the long hairs 

 are confined to the funicle, but on this species there are some 

 on the basal joint of club as well (on some small ones, how- 

 ever, the long hairs are very sparse on the club) . The whitish 

 spot on the sutural ridge is also not present on this species. 

 CristaUis has wider elytra, without pale fascicles, and antennae 

 very different. Tectus is smaller, with rostrum of female 

 (the only sex at present known) much shorter, and clothing 

 very different. The antennae shoulders and clothing are very 

 different to those of droinedarius. All the specimens (sixteen) 

 under examination were taken at night at Malanda on an 

 old stump. ^ 



Cratomerocis, n. g. 



Head rather small. Eyes rather large, facets rather 

 coarse. Rostrum long, thin, and curved. Antennae thin; 

 scape about the length of funicle; two basal joints of funicle 

 elongate; club elliptic ovate. Prothorax transverse, base 

 bisinuate. Scutellum small. Elytra subcordate, base 

 trisinuate. Pectoral canal deep, terminated between middle 

 coxae. Mesosternal receptacle U-shaped; slightly cavernous. 

 Metasternum rather short; episterna distinct. Abdomen 

 wide, intercoxal process wide, all sutures free, two basal 

 segments large. Legs rather long; femora stout, dentate; 

 tibiae compressed, hind pair strongly falcate; tarsi thin, third 

 joint moderately wide and deeply bilobed. Convex, squamose, 

 fasciculate, winged. 



Close to Onidistus, but the hind tibiae conspicuously 

 falcate and forehead not quadrisinuate. The receptacle is 

 slightly cavernous, in which it agrees with 0. araneus and 



