BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 525 



together at sides, more distant towards suture; interstices feebly 

 convex, wider along middle than at sides or suture, finely punctate, 

 seriate-granulate, granules small and irregular at base, becoming 

 larger and more acute towards and terminating before apex. 

 Under surface, exce^^t apical segment of abdomen, sparsely 

 punctate. Mesosternal receptacle flat. Femora moderately stout, 

 not grooved, feebly dentate, teeth of the anterior very feeble; 

 posterior extending to apex of elytra. Length S|, rostrum \\,; 

 width 4 mm. 



Hab.—Q.: "Wide Bay" (Pascoe)— N.S W. : Richmond River 

 (Lea). 



PSEPHOLAX LEONINUS, n.Sp. 



I .Dark reddish-brown; subopaque above, shining below. Clothed 

 with ochreous scales sparsely distributed and small on head, ros- 

 trum and prothorax, rather denser and suberect on elytra. 

 Under surface with elongate and almost white subsetose scales. 

 Ciliation of ocular lobes long and golden-yellow. 



Head finely punctate on vertex, densely between eyes and on 

 rostrum to antennte, punctures separated b}^ narrow transverse 

 short ridges. Rostrum slightly longer than head, slightly wider 

 near apex than at base; scrobes shallow and open near eyes, 

 rather deep in front. Prothorax transverse, base bisinuate ; 

 densely punctate, punctures rather small, shallow and round, 

 towards base separated by feeble transverse ridges. Elytra 

 scarcely twice the length of prothorax; seriate- punctate, punctures 

 small, at sides in feeble stria?, on disc more or less interrupted; 

 each elytron with four distinct shining claw-like tubercles, one 

 on the 5th interstice about the middle, and three on the 3rd, of 

 which the one nearest the base is separated from the others by a 

 distinct transverse impression which is continuous from suture to 

 7th interstice; towards base with numerous small transverse ridges 

 from sides; about middle to near apex with numerous small acute 

 tubercles, all of which are directed backwards. Pectoral canal 

 feebly transversely wrinkled. Mesosternal receptacle feebly 

 convex, and, with the rest of the under surface, spai'sely punctate; 

 the apical segment, however, moderately densely punctate. 



