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Head wide and irregularly impressed. Antennae com- 

 paratively long. Prothorax distinctly transverse, base much 

 narrower than apex, a rather deep, closed subbasal depres- 

 sion • punctures rather dense on sides, sparse elsewhere- 

 Elytra moderately long, a vague depression on each side of 

 suture near base; with dense, minute, rugulose punctures. 

 Basal joint of tarsi with a small black apical comb. Length,. 

 2*5 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns. Type (unique), I. 11912. 



The head* is entirely pale, the five basal joints of 

 antennae are still paler, with the following ones more or less 

 deeply infuscated, but the tip obscurely pale; the prothorax 

 is of a dingy reddish-brown, with the front paler, but it has 

 the appearance as of being stained; the elytra (except for 

 a wide, median, flavous fascia), abdomen, mesosternum, and 

 metasternum, are piceous-brown ; the legs are almost white, 

 with the femora deeply infuscated. The fascia extends from 

 side to side and is sharply and evenly defined on its 

 posterior end, about two-fifths from the apex; its front edge 

 is somewhat irregular. The cephalic excavations are partly 

 obscured by pubescence; according to the point of view they 

 appear to be three or five in number, but apparently there 

 is a large, shallow, median portion, dilated and bisinuate 

 posteriorly, narrower and bisinuate apically ; the two small 

 fascicles are very distinct ; tlie punctures on the head are 

 dense in places, but not sharply defined. Regarding the 

 prothorax as partly dark, the species, in my table, would be 

 referred to D, and there associated with H. m.arginicollis,, 

 whose head is very differently sculptured; if referred to DD, 

 it would go with H. maculiceps and H. fuscit arsis, also with 

 different cephalic sculpture. Carphurus fasciipenjiis was 

 described by Fairmaire as having an elytral fascia, but the 

 description differs in many other respects. 



Helcogaster laticeps, n. sp. 



$ . Black and flavous. Sides with sparse, dark hairs. 



Head wide, a large central fovea closed in front, but open 

 posteriorly, the space between it and each eye flat, densely 

 punctate, rounded posteriorly and joined in front to a small 

 inter-antennary elevation ; base with dense, minute punc- 

 tures. Antennae rather long, obtusely serrated internally. 

 Prothorax slightly longer than the apical width, which is 

 distinctly greater than the basal width, a rather wide, deep, 

 closed depression near base, and a small fovea on each side 

 near apex; with small and dense, but unevenly distributed 

 punctures. Elytra moderately long ; with very minute., 



