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(besides the zones of white pubescence) numerous small white 

 pubescent spots sprinkled over the whole surface. On the whole 

 I incline to think this specimen the female of a species distinct 

 from that of which the male is described above. 



An example from Port Darwin agrees with the above descrip- 

 tion of the male except in its smaller size (Long. 3f 1.), and in 

 the pale pubescence of its elytra being of a distinctly ochreous 

 tone. 



N. Queensland. 



JB. pallida, sp. nov. Fern. Sat cylindrica, postice paullo 



angustata ; picea, pedibus antennisque rufescentibus ; pube 



adpressa densissima testacea alba et fusca lsete intermixta 



vestita ; capite subgrosse sat crebre aequaliter punctulato ; 



rostro sat fortiter transverso, longitudinaliter indistincte 



.carinato, antice leviter emarginato ; antennis minus robustis 



prothoracem medium paullo superantibus, articulis basali 



<crasso superne nullo modo visibili, 2° — 4° inter se sat sequali- 



>bus quam basalis longioribus, 5° — 7° inter se sat sequalibus 



»guam 4 US sat brevioribus, 8° quam 7 US paullo longiori antror- 



sum leviter dilatato, 9° — 11° clavam formantibus, 9° 11° que 



sinter se sat sequalibus vix trans versis, 10° brevi fortiter 



•transverso^ oculis in fronte minus approximatis ; prothorace 



sat aequali (longitudine latitudini sequali), fere ut caput 



punctulato, lateribus a basi longe ultra medium leviter (dein 



sat fortiter sinuatim) convergentibus ; elytris leviter striatis, 



rstriis fortiter sat crebre punctulatis ; corpore subtus pedi- 



'busque sat aequaliter dense albido-pubescentibus ; coxis 



anticis inter se approximatis sed haud contiguis. Long., 



4J 1.; lat, l\ 1. 



The prevailing pubescence of the upper surface is of a pale 



testaceous brown colour ; on this ground, white pubescence is 



distributed as follows, — dispersedly on the head and rostrum, — 



on the pronotum a line down the middle and an elongate patch 



on either side near the margins, — on the elytra a large humeral 



patch limited by an oblique line from the scutellum to the lateral 



margins at about a third of its length from the base, some small 



spots along the suture and lateral margins, and a large somewhat 



arcuate patch near the apex ; pubescence of very dark colour 



forms the lateral margins of the pronotum and is continued a 



short distance along the margins of the elytra, forms a large 



basal spot in the basal white patch, a very small spot on the 



third interstice slightly behind the middle (just in front of the 



hindmost white patch) and a larger spot on the third interstice 



near the apex (within the arch of the hindmost white patch). 



The colour and distribution of the markings in this species are 

 entirely different from those of the other described species of 



