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palporum maxillarium articulo apicali supra concavo, 

 parte concava coriacea; antennis 10-articulatis, articulis 

 3° sat cylindrico quam latiori sat multo longiori 5° brevi 

 intus breviter spiniformi, flabello 5 -articulate (articulis 

 1° quam 3 US dimidio breviori, 2° quam l us paullo. 

 longiori) articulis ceteris conjunctis longitudine. sat 

 aequali; prothorace quam longiori ut 18 ad 11 latiori, 

 antice sat angustato, lateribus crenulatis minus fortiter 

 rotundatis, angulis posticis rectis, basi manifeste lobata; 

 •elytris longitudinaliter obtuse ,sat obsolete costulatis, 

 rugulose subgrosse vix crebre punctulatis ; pygidio 

 coriaceo, leviter minus crebre subtilius punctulato 

 Pern, latet. Long., 10 1.; lat., 4f 1. 



This species resembles R. ?'itgulosa, Blackb., in respect 

 of puncturation, but is easily distinguishable by, inter alia, 

 the front of its clypeus only very lightly upturned, its anten- 

 nal flabellum with only 5 joints, and the sides of its. pro- 

 thorax much less strongly rounded. The number of joints 

 in its antennal flabellum distinguishes it from all the other 

 known species of the genus except E. morbillosa, Blackb., and 

 incognita, Blackb. 



South Australia; type in South Australian Museum. 



PSEUDHOLOPHYLLA (gen. nov. M elolonthidarum 



verarum, Lac). 



This is a new name for Holophylla, Burm. (nee Er.). 

 Only one species (furfuracea, Burm.) has been described. 

 The insect which I believe to be that species occurs in 

 Queensland. 



PARALEPIDIOTA (gen. nov. M elolonthidarum verarum,.. 



Lac). 



A. Lepidiota differt antennarum flabello laminas plures quam 



tres prsebenti. A: Lepidodermate differt mas tibiarum 



posticarum spina interna ad mediam partem quam ad 



basin multo latiori, et antennarum flabello quam articuli 



prsecedentes conjuncti longiori. i 



I place this genus near Lepidiota rather than Rhopcea, on 



account of the structure of its clypeus, the erect front face 



of which is not strongly elevated above the labrum (much less 



than the length of the apical joint of the maxillary palpi) 



and is very nitid, and bears very large punctures, which emit 



short, coarse, white hairs and scales. It differs from all the 



other known Australian genera of the Lepidiota group by its 



antennae, which are like those of a Rhopcea (6 long laminae in 



