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specimen of the species from Northern Queensland in the 

 collection of the late Rev. T. Blackburn. 



LUCANID^E. 



^Egus jansoni, Boileau. 



PL xvi., fig. 1. 



This species has been taken at the Herberton River and 



elsewhere in Northern Queensland. Mr. Dodd has chopped 



several specimens out of the trunks of living trees at Kuranda. 



^Egus subbasalis, n. sp. 

 PI. xvi., figs. 2 and 3. 



o* . Black. Tip of abdomen and parts of legs with 

 numerous short pale setae. 



Head about thrice as wide as long; with dense, but 

 irregularly distributed, round punctures, becoming smaller in 

 front. Upper lip narrow, each side appearing as an obtuse 

 tubercle. Mandibles moderately long, surface punctured and 

 shagreened; near base with a strong simple tooth, apical por- 

 tion circular in section and acutely pointed. Prothorax 

 almost twice as wide as long, apex bisinuate, front angles 

 produced, hind ones strongly rounded off, margins finely 

 crenulated ; punctures somewhat as on head, on disc smaller 

 and sparser than elsewhere, crowded on sides. Elytra about 

 the width of prothorax, parallel-sided to near apex, which is 

 widely rounded, sides narrowly margined; strongly striated, 

 the interstices with distinct punctures, sometimes in rows, 

 the sides with denser and larger punctures. Under-surface 

 with coarse punctures in places. Legs moderately long; front 

 tibiae with from four to six strong teeth, and some smaller 

 ones, the other tibiae each with two acute median teeth and 

 some apical ones. Length (including mandibles), 18-22 mm. 



9 . Differs in having much coarser punctures, head less 

 transverse, mandibles much shorter and comparatively stouter, 

 large tooth submedian instead of subbasal, and semidouble ; 

 and legs somewhat shorter. Length, 17^-18 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Cairns (E. Allen), Kuranda (F. P. 

 Dodd and H. J. Carter), Upper Herberton River (C. French), 

 Cape York (H. Elgner). Type, I. 2730. 



Much smaller than jansoni, mandibles of male without 

 the apical flange of that species, and the basal tooth single, 

 head not shagreened, or only to a slight extent in front, and 

 prothorax of somewhat different shape. 



EUCARTERIA, n. g. 



d . Head wide, widely bilobed in front. Each eye com- 

 pletely divided by a narrow canthus. Each antenna inserted 



