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claws as approximate and the metathoracic episterna as being 

 wide (amongst other discrepancies), I am compelled to think Mr. 

 Masters mistaken; the species is certainly not troglodytes, the 

 following characters mentioned by Mr. Pascoe being at variance 

 with it: — "Fuscus; capite . . . leviter punctato ; rostro 

 ferrugineo . . . apice vagepunctulato; prothorace rufo-fusco; 

 . . . elytris rufo-ferrugineis, nitidis, sulcato-punctatis, punctis 

 oblongis, interstitiis . . . granulatis." No mention is made 

 of clothing, and in the specimen I have under examination the 

 clothing is very distinct, and is of such a character that I do not 

 think it liable to be at all easily abraded. 



Neomelanterius longirostris, n.sp. 



^. Black, subopaque ; rostrum, antennre, tibiae and sides of 

 elytra dark reddish-brown. Moderately densely clothed all over 

 (except on apical half of rostrum) with straw-coloured, elongate 

 (almost setiform) scales; scales longer and thinner on sterna and 

 femora than elsewhere. 



Head strongly punctate. Rostrum much longer than pro- 

 thorax; with three acute ridges from base to antennae; in fi-ont 

 of antenn;« rather coarsely punctate. Funicle with the 1st jcnnt 

 slightly longer than 2nd. Prothorax densely and strongly punc- 

 tate, punctures in places feebly confluent. Elytra about once 

 and one-half the width of prothorax, shoulders obliquely rounded; 

 striate-punctate, punctures round and deep, each in the centre of 

 a shallow depression ; interstices narrow and all (except the 

 suture) rather acutely ridged. Under surface densely and rather 

 coarsely punctate, metasternal episterna and intermediate seg- 

 ments of abdomen each with a single row of punctures. Femora 

 densely, tibiae seriately punctate. Length 5|, rostrum 2^; width 

 3 (vix) mm. 



llab.—Q. : Pine Mountains (Mr. G. Masters). 



Since the specimen described above was returned to Mr. 

 Masters, I have received a female from Cooktown (sent by Mr. 

 French) evidently belonging to the species. It differs in ha^ ing 

 the rostrum more noticeably curved, much less distinctly ridged, 



