Frenchella fimbriata, n. sp. 

 PI. xxvi.j fig. 65. 



Dark reddish -castaneous and liighly polished; under- 

 surface, legs, antennae, and palpi paler. Upper-surface 

 glabrous, except for fringes of reddish bristles on the pro- 

 thorax and elytra, a similar fringe on pygidium ; under- 

 surface moderately clothed in places. 



Head with sharply defined but not very large punc- 

 tures, sparser between eyes than elsewhere. Clypeus convex 

 in middle, its hind suture almost straight; punctures crowded 

 and slightly larger than those behind suture. Antennae 

 nine-, club three-jointed. Prothorax not twice as wide as 

 long, sides moderately rounded in middle, oblique to apex, 

 with front angles produced and acute ; feebly decreasing to 

 base, with hind angles rectangular; base feebly bisinuate; 

 punctures sharply defined and nowhere dense. Scutellum 

 impunctate at apex. Elytra gently and evenly dilated to 

 beyond the middle, apex widely rounded; strongly striate, 

 with rather small punctures in striae near suture, becoming 

 rather large towards sides, the interstices with few but sharply- 

 defined punctures. Pygidium with slightly larger punctures 

 than on prothorax. Front tibiae tridentate. Length, 

 11 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Bowen (Simson's collection, No. 

 2007). Type (unique), I. 10782. 



A less convex species than usual ; the type appears to be 

 a male, as the rami of the club are longer than the other 

 joints of the antennae combined ; the apical tooth of the 

 front tibiae is long and acute, the second one is acute but 

 small, and the third is very small ; the basal joint of the 

 hind tarsi is thick, and its full length is greater than that 

 of the second, but from some directions it appears to be 

 slightly shorter. Regarding the species as belonging to AA, 

 B, of Blackburn's table, it would be associated with sparsi- 

 ceps, from which it differs in its much darker colour, prothorax 

 with sparser and more sharply-defined punctures, rather 

 denser punctures between eyes, elytra more dilated posteriorly, 

 pygidium with much larger punctures, etc. ; if it was regarded 

 as belonging to AA, BB, it would be associated with lubrica, 

 which has much denser punctures, including many on the 

 elytral interstices, and differs in other particulars. 



Frenchella cribriceps, n. sp. 



PI. xxvi.j fig. 66. 



Black and highly polished ; palpi and parts of antennae 



and of front legs more or less reddish. Upper-surface sparsely 



clothed, but with distinct reddish fringes, pygidium with 



