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than in an}' of the allied genera. In habit it strongly resembles 

 a number of species belonging to Sioreus. 



PSEUDOSTOREUS PLACITUS, n.Sp. 



Black, somewhat shining; antennie, tibiae and tarsi reddish, 

 sides and apex of elytra tinged with red. Clothed with rather 

 short scales; on head between eyes and on base of rostrum dense 

 and pale yellow, diminishing in density to and terminated just 

 before antennae; prothorax with whitish elongate scales, rather 

 thickly sprinkled about but almost invisible to the naked eye. 

 Scutellura densely clothed with snowy-white scales. Elytra with 

 white and sooty scales, and with a large and very distinct patch 

 of pale ochreous scales on apex and a similar patch on each 

 shoulder. Under surface and legs with whitish scales, on the 

 tibiae, tarsi (including claw-joint) and apex of femora more or less 

 yellowish. 



ifert^? indistinctly punctate. Rostrum no longer than prothorax; 

 coarsely but (on account of clothing) indistinctly punctate; and 

 with several ridges, moderately distinct in ^, feeble in 9. 

 Funicle with 1st joint stouter and noticeably longer than 2nd. 

 Frotliorax with moderately large, round and rather deep punc- 

 tures, not at all confluent. Elytra scarcely once and one-fourth 

 the width of prothorax; striate-punctate, stride very feeble, punc- 

 tures moderately large, subquadrate and distinct on basal half, 

 where each contains a large scale which scarcely rises to the 

 general level, towards apex indistinctly punctate; interstices 

 feebly convex, regular, wider than punctures, towards apex much 

 wider Under surface apparently not very coarsely punctate. 

 Punctures of fibice not running in grooves. Length 3^, rostrum 4; 

 width IJ mm. 



Hah. — JST.S.W. : Armidale (McDonald and Lea), Queanbeyan 

 (Lea). 



The apical and humeral patches of ochreous scales should render 

 this species very distinct. 



