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longer than apical, apical segment with a distinct transverse 

 depression at apex. Legs moderately long, densely punctate; 

 femora acutely dentate, anterior teeth very small ; posterior 

 reaching middle of apical segment; punctures of tibi« occasionally 

 confluent but scarcely causing grooves; claw -joint long, shining, 

 apex only pubescent, claws feeble, separated at an angle of about 



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Length 4f, rostrum 1|; width 2^ (vix} mm. 



Hah. — W. A.: "Champion Bay" (Pascoe), Swan River, Donny- 

 brook (Lea). 



Very much the build of the preceding species, but of a paler 

 colour, punctures and clothing different ; but very different in 

 pectoral canal, mesosternal plate and abdomen. In certain lights 

 both sexes appear to have a feebly carinate rostrum. 



Mblanterius acacije, n.sp. 



Elliptic, feebly shining, moderately convex. Piceous-black, 

 claw-joint and antennse dull reddish- brown, 2 occasionally entirely 

 dark brown. Upper surface with short, yellowish, moderately 

 distinct decumbent setse ; on prothorax slight!}' rising above 

 punctures and on elytra bordering interstices; under surface with 

 somewhat paler and stouter seta^, denser on ^ than ^. 



Head densely and rather coarsely punctate ; ocular fovea 

 represented by a feeble depression ; eyes small, subcircular, 

 coarsely faceted, distant. Rostrum long, thin, feebly curved, 

 feebly decreasing in width to base; densely punctate, punctures 

 elongate and causing several feeble carinse to appear in (J ; $ 

 with a central carina continued on to head; very feeble lateral 

 grooves running almost parallel with scrobes and terminating at 

 antenna?. Scape inserted about one-fourth from apex in (J, two- 

 fifths in 5, passing apex; basal joint of funicle longer than 2nd, 

 5th-7th transverse. Prothorax (if anything) slightly longer than 

 wide, and (with the head) subtrigonal, base bisinuate; densely 

 punctate, punctures frequently confluent and causing in a number 

 of specimens the appearance of numerous short carinse; a median 

 line sometimes but not usually visible. SciUeLlum rounded, 

 punctate. Elytra elongate, subcordate, shoulders somewhat 



