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Phaeocyclotomus chloropus, Kuw.1 7 ) 

 This insect was originally described from New Guinea. 

 I have now to record it from North Queensland. 



Eleale. 



The insects belonging to the genus Eleale are, with two 

 exceptions, peculiar to Australia. I have not yet seen either 

 E. advena, Chev., from Chile, or E. pantomelas, Boisd., from 

 New Zealand, so am unable to speak with any degree of 

 certainty, but believe that these two species have been in- 

 correctly assigned to it. The members of this genus, as indeed 

 with some of the allied genera, are very variable both in 

 colour and size, and in compiling the following table I have 

 endeavoured, as much as possible, to distinguish the species 

 by their sculpture, and have only resorted to colour when 

 there could be no danger of confusion or variability of the 

 species. Only those species that I have been able to identify 

 with confidence have been included in the table : — 



A. Elytra bicoloured, in parts testaceous. 



a. Apex of elytra pale 



aa. Apex of elytra dark. 



b. Apical joint of antennae distinctly 



eniiarginate 



bb. Apical joint of antennae not dis- 

 tinctly emarginate. 

 c. Base of elytra pale or not entirely 

 dark. 



d. Prothorax tranversely wrinkled 

 dd. Prothorax not transversely 



wrinkled 



cc. Base of elytra entirely dark. 



e. Prothorax tranversely wrinkled 

 ee. Prothorax not transversely 



wrinkled 



A A. Elytra unicoloured, not testaceous in 

 parts. 

 B. Punctures on disc of prothorax trans- 

 versely wrinkled. 

 /. Apical joint of antennae emarginate. 

 g. Sides of prothorax straight. 

 h. Antennae pale, club dark 

 hh. Antennae metallic, club black 

 hhh. Antennae metallic, club 



reddish-brown 



gg. Sides of prothorax rounded, 

 i. Apex of elytra lightly punc- 

 tured and glistening. 

 j. Club of antennae black. 



h. Prothorax with a strong 



longitudinal carina 

 hh. Prothorax without such a 



lepida, Pasc. 

 pulchra, Newm. 



apicalis, Macl. 

 pallidipennis, n. sp. 

 sellata, Pasc. 

 fasciata, Macl. 



smaragdina, Chev. 

 aspera, Newm. 



viridicollis, Macl. 



carina 



carinaticollis, n. sp. 

 reichei, Spin. 



(7) KuAvert, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 1894, p. 456. 



