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a few basal punctures. Elytra rather narrow, basal half 

 about the width of prothorax, thence strongly narrowed to 

 apex, where each is almost pointed ; with rows of rather large, 

 asperate punctures, in shallow striae; odd interstices very 

 feebly, in places not at all, elevated above the even ones. 

 Abdomen small, curved to tip. Sides of hind coxae much 

 longer than metasternum ; hind femora and tibiae stout ; 

 front tibiae unidentate ; front claws unequal, the others very 

 long and thin. Length, 5-5 '5 mm. 



Ilab. — Queensland: Stradbroke Island (H. Hacker and 

 Dr. A. J. Turner). Type, I. 10776. 



The specimens from the island are evidently of one sex, 

 and are probably males, as the front tarsi are moderately 

 thick (thinner than in males of pubescens, coxalis, and tuber- 

 culata) and passing the tips of the tibiae, but decidedly thicker 

 than in the females of pubeseens and tuberculata, and the 

 front claws are decidedly uneven, one being quite small, and 

 the other mucli larger, although much smaller than in known 

 males of the genus, its abdomen also curves to the point as in 

 undoubted males. If 1 hey are males the specimens before me 

 are certainly distinct from inter stitialis, described as from 

 Northern Queensland ; I examined the type of that species 

 prior to its being sent to the British Museum, and noted 

 that it was a peculiar-looking insect with somewhat similar 

 colour and clothing to the present one, but opaque, the pro- 

 thoracic punctures less conspicuous, and the head longer, 

 with much smaller punctures; the specimens differ from the 

 description also in having the elytra rugose, and without four 

 obsolete costae, so that even if females they are unlikely to 

 belong to that sex of inter stitialis. The upper-surface is shin- 

 ing, but that is not always a feminine character in the allied 

 genera. On two specimens the middle tibiae and parts of the 

 bind legs are partly pale, but obscurely so. The tooth of 

 each front tibia, including the curve at its ccmmencing point, 

 is fully half the length of the tibia itself ; the claws of the 

 middle tarsi are slightly uneven and one is slightly less 

 curved than the other. The larger punctures between the 

 eyes are about as large as the ones on the prothorax. On 

 some of the specimens the clothing on the upper-surface is 

 almost upright, on others it slopes at about 45°, the difference 

 being probably due to treatment after capture. 



Cheirrhamphica coxalis, n. sp. 

 <3 . Flavous, some parts deeply infuscated or black. 

 Upper-surface more or less opaque and with a pruinose gloss, 

 more pronounced on the elytra than elsewhere. Clothing 

 mucin as on preceding species, except that on the disk of the 

 elytra it is somewhat shorter. 



