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between eyes. Scuttlhtm with punctures as on prothorax. 

 Elytra slightly dilated to beyond the middle, and then nar- 

 rowed to apex, where each is obliquely truncated but with a 

 fine membrane ; with regular impunctate striae, interstices 

 with slightly larger punctures than on prothorax, but not 

 quite so dense. Pygidium with crowded punctures. Under - 

 surface with rather dense and strong punctures, sparser and 

 smaller on parts of abdomen than elsewhere. Front tibiae 

 tridentate, the two apical teeth large, the other feeble ; basal 

 joint of hind tarsi as long as the second and third combined. 

 Length, 8*5-9 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: South Johnstone River (H. W. 

 Brown), Innisfail (Mrs. McArthur), Mackay (National 

 Museum, from R. E. Turner). Type, I. 10781. 



An elongate species, at first glance resembling some 

 species of Phyllotocus (e.g., occidental is, and the variety 

 pallid us of macleayi), but with very different front parts of 

 head, etc. The very large eyes with the space between them 

 not much wider than long, simple claws (they are, however, 

 thickened at the base), and general appearance are as in E. 

 spectans, from which it differs in being much larger, clypeus 

 shorter, punctures (especially on elytra) denser, etc., the 

 elytra are also truncated at apex; the mentum is granulate 

 but much less densely clothed than in spedtans. From above 

 the hind angles of the prothorax appear to be acute, and to 

 slightly embrace the elytra, but from the side each is seen 

 to be almost rectangular. The sparse hairs on the head 

 are partly in front of and partly behind the clypeal suture. 

 Each ramus of the club is about as long as the inner spur of 

 the front tibiae. The four specimens under examination 

 appear to be all males. 



Haplopsis serricollis, n. sp. 



Black with a slight bronzy gloss, antennae (except club) 

 and palpi red, tips and part of sides of elytra and parts of 

 legs obscurely diluted with red. Rather densely clothed with 

 long white hair. 



Head with coarse and dense punctures. Clypeus with 

 margins moderately upturned, front truncate but with corners 

 rounded off, the sides oblique. Antennae nine-, club three- 

 jointed, rami about the length of the claw-joint without the 

 claws. Froth orai not twice as wide as long, sides strongly 

 rounded and finely serrated, front angles produced and acute, 

 hind ones obtuse but not rounded off ; punctures large and 

 asperate ; the interspaces with dense small punctures. Elytra 

 with subgeminate rows of close-set, asperate punctures, the 

 wider interstices with numerous gaps on each side due to 



