BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 245 



densely punctate, punctures partially concealed; no median line. 

 Scutellum granuliform, punctate. Elytra distinctly wider than 

 prothorax, base trisinuate, shoulders squared; each with ten rows 

 of punctures; interstices rounded, slightly wider than punctures. 

 Pectoral canal wide, between anterior coxae a triangular excava- 

 tion, their bases feebly separated. Mesosternal plate flattened, 

 punctate and squamosa, apex emarginate, sides rounded, base 

 almost truncate. Metasternum densely punctate, disc very feebly 

 convex; episterna each wdth about two rows of punctures, each 

 containing a comparatively large scale. Abdomen rather densely 

 and regularly punctate and squamose; two basal segments large, 

 slightly convex, 1st not much larger than 2nd ; intermediates 

 large, their combined length slightly more than that of 2nd and 

 distinctly more than that of apical. Legs rather long; femora 

 distinctly dentate, teeth sharp and almost equal; tibiae curved 

 outwardly, scarcely grooved, intermediates strongly arcuate at 

 base; claw-joint comparatively short, claws very feeble. Length 

 4, rostrum If; width 2i mm. 



Hah.—l^.^M. : Sydney. 



A specimen differs from the type in being larger, in having the 

 punctures smaller, the anterior femoral teeth more obtuse, and 

 the clothing much less regular and sparser (especially on the 

 under sui^face); it is perhaps a female, but I cannot detect any 

 distinctly masculine features in the type. 



Melanterius uniseriatus, n.sp. 



Ovate, opaque, feebly convex. Brownish-red. Moderately 

 clothed with golden-yellow setose scales, sparse on prothorax 

 except about middle and sides of disc, on the elytra arranged 

 in very irregular spots and bands leaving partially bare 

 spaces, punctures nearly always visible, scutellum nude. Sterna 

 and legs with paler and shorter scales than above, two basal 

 segments of abdomen with golden lanceolate scales set in punc- 

 tures, the three apical segments with sparser and very short 

 scales; pectoral canal nude; head with small scales. 



