BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 527 



PsEPHOLAX EGEREUS, Pasc; Lc. No. 5408. 



Piceous-brown, upper surface opaque, under shining. Moder- 

 ately clothed with dingy yellowish (in places setose) scales; a 

 distinct fascia of sooty scales on the elytra just beyond middle. 

 Under surface and legs with long thin j^ellowish setse. Between 

 eyes and on base of rostrum densely clothed with long erect 

 yellowish setae. 



Elliptic, subcylindrical. Head flattened and with round and 

 rather dense punctures on vertex. Rostrum about once and one- 

 third as long as wide; apical half highly polish(;d and inipunctate, 

 basal portion concealed. Scape inserted nearer apex tlian base, 

 almost the length of funicle. Prothorax moderately transverse, 

 apex rather suddenly constricted; densely punctate, punctures 

 (except in middle) separated by small ridges. Elytra about twice 

 the length of prothorax, subcordate; punctate-striate, punctures 

 (except towards apex) almost concealed; interstices gently convex, 

 almost regular, with minute granules becoming larger on sides 

 towards apex, and numerous at base on each side of scutellum; 

 5th interstice dilated in middle. Under surface indistinctly 

 punctate except at sides and the apical segment. Femora 

 moderately grooved, edentate. Length 7|, rostrum IJ; width 

 4 mm. 



Hah. — "Queensland" (Pascoe), Wide Bay — N.S.W. : Clarence 

 River (Macleay Museum). 



PsEPHOLAX HUMERALIS, n.sp. 



Piceous ; upj^er surface opaque, under shining. Irregularly 

 clothed with dingy yellowish scales; each side of elytra at base 

 with a distinct patch of long yellowish setse. Under surface and 

 legs v.'ith long thin setre. 



Somewhat elliptic-ovate. Head flattened; basal portion finely 

 punctate, elsewhere coarsely punctate and with short transverse 

 curved ridges which are continued to apical third of rostrum but 

 gradually becoming feebler. Rostrum twice as long as wide; apical 

 portion of scrobes visible from above. Prothorax as in the preceding 



