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crebre sat fortiter nonnihil acervatim punctulato, 

 lateribus crenulatis mox pone medium fortiter dilatato- 

 rotundatis antice quam postice multo magis reflexis, 

 angulis anticis obtuse rectis posticis (superne visis) 

 fortiter acutis divergentibus, basi marginata sat fortiter 

 bisinuata ; scutello fere ut pronotum punctulato ; elytris 

 sparsim subtilius punctulatis, obsolete costulatis ; pygidio 

 sparsius subtiliter punctulato, ad apicem in medio 

 dentiformi ; tibiis anticis extus sat fortiter tridentatis 

 tibiarum posticarum calcaribus modice dilatatis opacis 

 segmento ventrali apicali vix impresso. Long., 12 1. 

 lat., 6j 1. 



This is the species that I formerly regarded as the 

 female of L. caudata, Blackb. (Trans. Roy. Soc, S.A., 1890, 

 p. 85). The subsequent examination of more numerous speci- 

 mens of Lepidiota has satisfied me that the type of caudata 

 (which I regarded as a male) is a female, and consequently 

 that the differences which I regarded as sexual are specific. 



Queensland. 

 L. caudata, Blackb. Sat elongata, postice minus dilatata ; 

 piceo-ferruginea, nonnihil iridescens ; supra squamis 

 minutis albidis sparsim vestita ; subtus squamis minutis 

 albidis vestita (in media parte et in pedibus sparsim, 

 latera versus confertim) ; metasterno pilis elongatis 

 pallide fulvis dense vestitis ; clypeo crebre fortiter 

 punctulato, minus alte reflexo, antice sat fortiter emar- 

 ginato ; fronte subgrosse punctulato ; palporum maxil- 

 larium articulo apicali subcylindrico, quam latiori fere 

 triplo longiori, supra haud excavato ; antennarum 

 articulo 3° quam 2 IIS manifeste (quam 4 US nonnihil) 

 longiori, flabelli laminis antennarum articulo basali 

 longitudine sat aequalibus ; prothorace quam longiori ut 

 12 ad 7 latiori, antice minus fortiter angustato mar- 

 ginato, supra minus crebre sat fortiter vix acervatim 

 punctulato, lateribus crenulatis mox pone medium sat 

 fortiter dilatato-rotundatis antice quam postice multo 

 magis alte reflexis, angulis anticis obtuse rectis posticis 

 (superne visis) sat acute rectis nee divergentibus, basi 

 marginata sat fortiter bisinuata; scutello fere ut pro- 

 notum punctulato ; elytris sparsius minus subtiliter 

 punctulatis, sat manifeste costulatis ; pygidio crebre 

 rugulose nee grosse punctulato, ad apicem in medio denti- 

 formi ; tibiis anticis extus sat fortiter tridentatis ; 

 tibiarum posticarum calcaribus modice dilatatis minus 

 nitidis ; segmento ventrali apicali pone apicem profunde 

 semicirculariter impresso ; tarsis posticis quam tibiae 

 harum tertia parte breviori. Long., 12 1. ; lat., 6£ 1. 



