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but notched at base; basal half with coarse crowded 

 punctures, apical half with sparser and much smaller ones. 

 Scape inserted about two-fifths from apex of rostrum; two 

 basal joints of funicle moderately long and subequal. Pro- 

 thorax strongly transverse, apex about one-third the width 

 of base ; with dense concealed punctures ; with numerous 

 small granules, each with a setiferous puncture in front. 

 Scvfelluni conspicuously elevated, each side densely clothed. 

 Elytra not much wider than prothorax, sides almost parallel 

 to beyond the middle, and then strongly narrowed to apex, 

 which is conjointly mucronate; with rows of moderately large 

 punctures in distinct striae; interstices with numerous small, 

 shining granules, mostly in row^s, but irregular on basal half 

 of the third, and somewhat crowded on a raised space near 

 base. JJnder-Burface with dense punctures. Legs moderately 

 long; hind femora lightly, middle moderately, front strongly 

 dentate. Length, 12 mm. 



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

 I. 1525. 



The acutely-elevated scutellum readily distinguishes from 

 crucigera, the only previously described Australian species. 

 The figure of ingens^^^^ will give a good general idea of this 

 species, except that the legs of the figure are rather longer. 

 That species also is described as having an elevated scutellum, 

 but its clothing is very different and its under-surface is 

 densely granulate. It is perhaps also close to the briefly- 

 described gemmata, but that species is said to be larger 

 (15 mm.) and with the elytral punctures almost obsolete. 

 Most of the elytral tubercles are obscurely diluted with red. 

 The scales are larger on the abdomen and sides of sterna than 

 elsewhere, but they are almost as large on the pronotum. 

 On the prothorax there are five small pale spots equi-distant 

 across the middle ; on the elytra the pale spots are very 

 feeble and few in number; but the sooty ones are more 

 numerous, the more distinct ones being at the summit of the 

 posterior declivity, on the fourth interstice at base, and on 

 the third near apex. The sex of the type is doubtful; the 

 punctures of the rostrum appear to be of a masculine nature, 

 but the front tibiae have but a few short setae on the apical 

 half, very different to the conspicuous fringes of the males 

 of other species. 



IsAX PLANiPENNis, Lea. 



A female from Dorrigo, in Dr. Ferguson's collection, 

 differs from the types in having numerous black setose scales 



(18) Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen., 1885, pi. ii., fig. 8. 



