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clothed with scales, having a rather dingy appearance to the 

 naked eye but under a lens having a soft golden gloss; whitish 

 scales on flanks of prothorax and scattered about in small patches 

 on the elytra. Under surface with moderately elongate and 

 elongate scales, denser on abdomen than elsewhere except on 

 mesosternal receptacle where they are all elongate, and obscure 

 its form. Pectoral canal with moderately stout elongate scales 

 in front. 



Head and rostrum densely and strongly punctate, punctures 

 rather smaller and deeper towards apex of rostrum than elsewhere. 

 Head feebly impressed between eyes. Rostrum parallel-sided, 

 grooved on each side between base and antennge. Prothorax with 

 rather large, perfectly round and shallow punctures, larger in 

 middle and towards base than elsewhere; from apex to beyond 

 middle with a feeble shining carina. Scutelluvi punctate. Elytra 

 about once and one-fourth the width of prothorax ; striate- 

 punctate, punctures large, suboblong; interstices feebly rounded, 

 considerably wider than punctures, densely and rather strongly 

 punctate. Under surface moderately densely punctate, punctures 

 small and round but not regular in size, apical segment densely 

 punctate. Length 7, rostrum 2; width 3| mm. 



Hah. — "Western Australia" (Pascoe), Geraldton (Lea). 



The prothoracic punctiu-es are peculiar, for, though shallow, 

 they are ver}^ acutely bordered. 



PSEUDOTHEREBUS, n.g. 



Head rather small, moderately convex; ocular fovea indistinct. 

 Eyes ovate, coarsely faceted, distant. Rostrum thin, moderately 

 long, almost straight. Antenme moderately stout; scape inserted 

 almost in exact middle of rostrum, curved and dilated at apex, 

 slightly shorter than funicle; 2nd joint of funicle slightly longer 

 than 1st, 3i'd-7th transverse; club briefly ovate Prothorax feebly 

 transverse; rather flat, sides rounded, apex feebly produced and 

 more than half the width of base but I'ather suddenly narrowed, 

 base bisinuate; ocular lobes obtusely i-ounded. Scutellum small 



