BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 235 



Head densely and rather strongly punctate, depressed between 

 eyes ; eyes subreniform, widely separated. Rostrum (for the 

 genus) comparatively stout, feebly curved; parallel-sided to 

 between antennae, then dilated and parallel to near apex; coarsely 

 punctate, punctures confluent and leaving several feeble ridges, 

 of which only the median one is at all distinct. Scape inserted 

 one-fourth from apex of rostrum, longer than funicle but shorter 

 than funicle and club combined. Prothorax feebly transverse, 

 apex more than half the width of base, base bisinuate; densely 

 punctate, punctures shallow and not very large; with a distinct 

 median line. SciiteUuin small, suboblong. Elytra elongate-sub- 

 cordate, not much wider than and not thrice the length of pro- 

 thorax, shoulders oblique; seriate-punctate, punctures moderately 

 large, elongate-oblong, feebly connected; interstices (except near 

 base) acutely ridged. Under surface somewhat sparsely and 

 irregularly punctate, metasternal episterna and intermediate 

 segments of abdomen each with a single row; combined length of 

 the latter slightly more than that of 2nd or 6th. Femora 

 shallowly grooved, all strongly and acutely dentate, but the 

 anterior less noticeably so; tibite thin, bisinuate beneath, seriately 

 punctate. Length 4^, rostrum 1^ (vix); width 2^ mm. 



Rab.—H.A. : Yorke's Peninsula (Rev. T. Blackburn, No. 474). 



Melanterius impolitus, n.sp. 



Elliptic, convex, subopaque. Reddish-castaneous ; extreme 

 apex of rostrum infuscate. Rather sparsely clothed with stout, 

 elongate, yellowish setpe. 



Head rather large, flat between eyes; eyes briefly ovate, widely 

 separated. Rostrum the length of prothorax, scarcely visibly 

 diminishing in width to apex, almost flat, feebly curved; moder- 

 ately punctate, punctures more or less confluent but leaving no 

 distinct ridges. Scape thin, inserted two-fifths from apex of 

 rostrum, the length of funicle ; club rather large. Prothorax 

 decidedly transverse; apex about one-third less than width of 

 base, base feebly bisinuate ; densely punctate, punctures rather 

 small and shallow; without median line. Scutellum small and 



