BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 231 



and narrower than punctures; base densely punctate, regularly- 

 decreasing to apex. Pectoral canal moderately wide, very shallow, 

 anterior coxte feebly separated. Mesosternal plate distinctly 

 transverse, depressed in middle, rather coarsely punctate, apex 

 emarginate, base truncate, sides oblique, anterior angles scarcely 

 visibly raised. Mefasternum densely punctate, disc depressed; 

 episterna rather densely punctate at base and apex, and with an 

 almost regular row in middle. Abdomen regularly and not 

 coarsely punctate; two basal segments large, 1st as long as 2nd- 

 3rd combined; intermediates combined the length of 2nd and 

 slightly longer than apical, their sutures very distinct; apical 

 with a somewhat circular depression. Legs densely punctate; 

 femora with rather strong teeth, posterior extending to apical 

 segment of abdomen ; tibiee grooved, anterior feebly bisinuate 

 beneath; claw-joint long, claws moderate, separated at an angle 

 • of about 30°. Length 3|, rostrum 1^; width 2 mm. 



Rab.—^.^.W.: Como (Lea)— S.A.: Adelaide (Rev. T. Black- 

 burn, No. 2115). 



The basal joint of funicle is decidedly long; the mesosternal 

 plate appears to be flattened, with a circular impression or almost 

 a fovea in the middle towards apex; the femoral teeth are strong 

 and almost equal; the puncturation of the metasternal epipleuree 

 appears to be a good speeitic character. 



Mblantbrius ploridus, Pasc; I.e. No. 5396. 



Elliptic-ovate, opaque, moderately convex. Piceous-black; legs 

 scarcely so dark; tarsi, antennae and middle of rostrum dull red. 

 Clothed with ochreous setose scales, in places massed together, 

 and forming three irregular longitudinal stripes on prothorax, and 

 very feeble and irregular maculae on elytra; under surface with 

 similar but shorter and more evenly distributed scales. 



Head densely punctate; eyes rather large, semicircular, coarsely 

 faceted, separation about half the width of rostrum at base. 

 Rostrum long, somewhat flattened, slightly curved, very feebly 

 increasing in width to base and still less to apex, densely punctate; 

 behind antennae with five carinse, of which the central one extends 



