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ME. F. P. PASOOE OH THE CUHOULIOJsTlD^;. 



nulatis ; prothorace haud granulato, antice valde constrieto, et si- 

 laceo-squamoso, utrinque rotundato.. basi subbisinuato, supra in medio 

 longitudinaliter exeavato, tuberculis parvis octo instructo, in serie- 

 bus duabus sequalibus transversim sitis ; scutello indistincto ; elytris 

 ovatis, compressis, prothorace basi vix latioribus, postice subito de- 

 clivibus, lateribus 4 -seriatim elongato-punctatis, granulisque duobus 

 nigris nitidis basi sitis, singulo tuberculis fasciculatis in seriebus 

 tribus instructo, serie interiore e tribus elongatis in carina positis, in- 

 termedia etiam e tribus, exteriore tuberculo unico minusculo in medio, 

 compositis, parte declivi tuberculo parvo, apicibus conico-acumi- 

 natis, regione apicali silacea ; pedibus setuloso-squamosis. Long. 6- 

 71in. 

 Hab. Queensland. 



This species may be placed after P. Parryi, Waterh., which 

 has broad ovate elytra, considerably depressed above. 



Poropterus verres. P. sat anguste ovatus, niger, squamis elongatis 

 subsilaceis tectus ; capite inter oculos fovea impresso ; rostro valido, 

 vage squamoso ; antennis rufo-piceis, breviusculis ; funiculo art. basali 

 secundo paulo longiore ; prothorace haud granulato, latitudine vix 

 longiore, antice fortiter constrieto, utrinque rotundato, basi sub- 

 bisinuato, lobo scutellari dentiformi, supra in medio longitudinaliter 

 exeavato, tuberculis obtusis octo instructo, seriebus duabus trans- 

 versim sitis ; scutello inviso ; elytris ovatis, prothorace perparum 

 angustioribus, postice subito declivibus, lateribus 4-seriatim profunde 

 elongato-punctatis, apicibus truncato, extus paulo angulatis, singulo 

 tuberculis octo, seriebus duabus, munito, sex majoribus, in singula 

 serie tribus, et duobus minoribus in parte declivi sitis, granulisque 

 nigris nitidis validis prope scutellum sitis ; pedibus setuloso-squamosis ; 

 tibiis fere rectis. Long. 7 lin. 



Hab. Queensland. 



Allied to the last, but uuicolorous, the prothorax proportionally 

 broader, and the first joint of the funicle perceptibly longer than 

 the second. 



D I AT ASS A. 



(Cryptorhynchinse.) 



Hostrum tenue, elongatum, arcuatum, basi excepta, nudum ; 

 scrobes medianse, laterales, oculos attingentes. Antenna gra- 

 ciles ; funiculus 7-articulatus, articulis quatuor basalibus lon- 

 gioribus, tribus ultimis brevioribus ; clava distincta, anguste 

 ovata. Oculi laterales, grosse granulati. Prothorax subco- 

 nicus, apice paulo productus, lobis ocularibus prominulis. Ely- 

 tra prothorace latiora, oblongo-cordata. Femora elongata, sub- 

 pedunculata, apicem versus valde incrassata, infra dente valido 



