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Clypeus semicircular, sides moderately uplifted; punctures, 

 except that there are no large ones, as between the eyes; 

 labrum, except at sides, not distinctly separated from clypeus, 

 and apparently forming its uplifted front edge. Antennae 

 eight-, club three-jointed. Prothorax moderately transverse, 

 sides evenly rounded, front angles produced and acute, the 

 hind ones rounded off ; punctures fairly numerous. Elytra 

 scarcely wider than head, parallel-sided to beyond the 

 middle and then strongly narrowed to apex, with fairly dis- 

 tinct punctures in shallow striae. Abdomen small, curved to 

 its tip. Hind coxae at sides much longer than metasternum ; 

 hind femora and tibiae stout; front tibiae short, stout, and 

 unidentate, front tarsi thick, the fourth joint not passing the 

 tibia, claw joint stout with very uneven claws; middle and 

 hind claws long and thin. Length ( d , 9)> 5-5'25 mm. 



9 • Differs in having the prothorax more narrowed in 

 front, and with more distinct punctures, elytra less parallel- 

 sided, with more distinct striae and punctures, and a con- 

 spicuous elongated tubercle on the middle of each side, 

 abdomen larger and evenly convex along middle, legs some- 

 what shorter, front tarsi much thinner, fourth joint passing 

 the tibia, and the claw joint thin with small equal claws. 



Hab. — Queensland: Endeavour River (C. French). 

 Type, in National Museum; cotype, I. 10838, in South Aus- 

 tralian Museum. 



A narrow pale species with peculiar tubercles on the 

 elytra of the female ; each tubercle is elongated, about one- 

 fifth the length of the elytron, and whilst scarcely elevated 

 above the general convexity of the surface, is rendered very 

 distinct by the cutting away, as it were, of the adjacent parts. 

 On the female the prothorax is shining and its punctures are 

 rather large and very distinct, with numerous minute ones 

 interspersed ; on the male the surface is opaque, and the 

 larger punctures are partly obscured, the minute ones dis- 

 appearing. The infuscation of the sides of the elytra is 

 rather narrow and varies in intensity, being more pronounced 

 on the males than on the females. On the front tarsi of the 

 male the three median joints are all much wider than long, 

 the larger claw is quite as large as its supporting joint, and 

 is considerably dilated to the base, the smaller claw is less 

 than half its length' and very thin; the claws on the middle 

 legs are both long and thin, but one is distinctly longer and 

 thicker than the other, on the hind legs the claws are almost 

 even. 



Cheiragra. 



This genus was proposed by Macleay to receive a number 

 of small species allied to Phyllotocus, but with a membranous 



