218 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, VIII., 



parallel-sided to near apex, almost at apex a slight outer projec- 

 tion on each side; with rather small punctures. Metastermim 

 behind the middle glabrous and impunctate. Abdomen with 

 small punctures, from each of which arise two setae. Legs 

 moderately long; hind trochanters large and subcordate; femora 

 curved; tibiae flattened, moderate^ dilated to apex, tarsi shorter 

 than tibiae, three basal joints densely spongiose. Length 18mm. 



Hab. — Kuranda, Q. 



The medio-basal suture of the prosternum is not straight, but 

 appears, as if one part had been folded over another. Each 

 puncture contains a seta, except on the abdomen where each 

 contains two, and these cause it to appear to be divided off into 

 numerous small triangles; the prothoracic punctures from some 

 directions appear to be feebly connected by transverse sti'igosities, 

 but from most directions each appears to be isolated. By 

 measurement the prothorax is seen to be wider than long 

 (3^- x 3 mm.), but to the eye it appears slightly longer than wide. 

 The elytra are very finel} 7 wrinkled throughout, and this with the 

 punctures gives the surface an appearance much the same as the 

 skin of a fish from which the scales have been removed. The 

 type and only specimen I have seen is in Mr. C. French's collec- 

 tion, and was taken by Mr. F. P. Dodd in January, 1905. 



Family CUCUJID^E. 



Inopeplus angulicollis, n.sp. 



(Plate xviii., fig. 6.). 



Black, upper surface with a more or less coppery gloss, each 

 elytron with a large, subapical, semilunar, whitish blotch; 

 appendages reddish, the antennae gradually becoming darker to 

 tips. 



Head large, with numerous and fairly large punctures; two 

 foveate impressions between antennae. Eyes small and prominent. 

 Antennae passing base of prothorax, joints subglobular, 3rd 

 slightly longer than 4th and distinctly longer than 2nd. Pro- 

 thorax transverse, sides increasing in width to middle and then 



