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Head with very small punctures at base, dense and of 

 moderate size between eyes. Clypeus semicirciilar, front 

 margin gently upturned throughout, punctures as between 

 eyes; labrum closely applied to clypeus. Prothorax moder- 

 ately transverse, sides evenly rounded, front angles produced 

 and acute, the hind ones moderately rounded off ; punctures 

 fairly numerous. Elytra with outlines and punctures much 

 as on preceding species, except that the punctures are some- 

 what smaller. Abdomen small, curved to its tip. Hind 

 coxae very large, their sides fully twice the length of the 

 metasternum ; hind femora and tibiae stout ; front tibiae 

 unidentate ; front tarsi stout, fourth joint not passing tibiae, 

 claw joint stout, claws very unequal, other claws very long 

 and thin. Length, 5-5'25 mm. 



Ilah. — Queensland: Cairns (E. Allen). Type, I. 4290. 



Distinguished from the preceding species by the less 

 rugose elytra and absence of larger inter-ocular punctures, in 

 addition to the very different colour and claws; the five speci- 

 mens taken by Mr. Allen are all males, they differ from the 

 description of mterstitialis in colour and by the sculpture of 

 the prothorax and elytra. The hind coxae seem to project 

 almost as the drums of many species of cicadas ; the longer 

 claw of the front tarsus is almost as long as those of the others, 

 but is irregularly widened towards its base, the smaller claw 

 is scarcely half its length, and is much thinner, the middle 

 claws although both long and thin are unequal, one being 

 distinctly shorter, thinner, and less curved than the other.. 

 The elytra are black, or almost so, except for a transverse 

 space on each side of the base, each space sometimes continued 

 for a short distance near the suture, the hind tibiae are deeply 

 and the hind tarsi and the head slightly infuscated ; the 

 abdomen is usually darker than the metasternum ; the 

 antennae are entirely pale. On one specimen the scuteilum 

 is rather dark, and there are two large smoky blotches on the 

 prothorax. Four of the specimens have the prothorax and 

 elytra entirely opaque, but the fifth is shining, evidently owing 

 to abrasion, as many of its hairs are missing, its punctures in 

 consequence are much more distinct, especially on the 

 prothorax. 



Cheirrhamphica tuberculata, n. sp. 



d . Flavous, parts of legs tinged with red, sides of 

 elytra partly infuscated. Clothed with numerous conspicuous 

 pale upright setae, longer on sides of prothorax and elytra 

 than on their disks, legs and parts of under-surface with 

 moderately long hairs. 



Head with fairly dense and small punctures, but inter- 

 spersed with some fairly large ones between the eyes. 



