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from shoulders to apex ; with rows of large deep punctures ; 

 interstices evenly rounded on sides, but not about suture; 

 suture with some small granules. U rider-surface with sparse 

 punctures. Legs rather long and thin; femora lightly 

 dentate, hind pair scarcely extending to tip of elytra. Length, 

 17-18 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Kuranda (H. W. Brown). 



Readily distinguished from grandis by the spots on elytra 

 and metasternum. From the New Guinea alhosparsus it differs 

 in being more densely clothed, elytra more narrowed pos- 

 teriorly, and with only four spots ; these are on the fourth 

 interstices, but also partly on the third, and are at almost 

 «qual distances, both longitudinally and transversely. The 

 hind femora when placed in a line with the elytra appear to 

 just extend to the tip of same. In grandis in the males they 

 distinctly pass the apex, in the females they usually just pass 

 it, but in some small ones they terminate before the apex. 

 The types (two) are evidently of but one sex, probably female. 



Protopalus schonherri, Waterh. 

 Mr. H. W. Brown has taken two pairs of this species in 

 the Cairns district, with the shoulders of both sexes much 

 more prominent than in the typical form (quite as prominent 

 as in dromedarius). The elytra are also rather more robust. 



Paletonidistus trisinuatus. Lea. 



The forehead of the type of this species was, quite cor- 

 rectly, described as trisinuate; but six specimens, from Dor- 

 rigo, recently sent for examination by Dr. Ferguson, all have 

 the forehead distinctly quadrisinuate. On the type the head 

 has a median carina that does not extend to the forehead, con- 

 sequently the median sinus is not interrupted; but on the 

 Dorrigo specimens the carina is continuous to the forehead, 

 thus splitting up the median sinus into two. The tibiae are 

 strongly bisinuate on their lower-surface, this being due to an 

 almost angular projection at the middle of each. On speci- 

 mens in good condition the disc of the prothorax appears to 

 be impunctate, but after the scales have been abraded punc- 

 tures, become visible. The mesosternal receptacle was incor- 

 rectly described as longer than wide, as it is really moderately 

 transverse, although, at a glance, it appears to be slightly 

 longer than wide ; its median ridge is scarcely traceable on 

 specimens in good condition. 



The female differs from the male in being somewhat 

 wider, with less of the rostrum coarsely sculptured, and the 

 sinuation of the tibiae more pronounced. 



