BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 539 



Under surface (including metasternai episterna) and legs densely 

 punctate; 3rd and 4th abdominal segments slightly produced at 

 sides. Length 7|, rostrum 2 (vix); width 3^ mm. 

 Hab. — N.S. Wales (Mr. George Masters). 



This species bears a remarkable resemblance to Rhinaria 

 tibialis, Blackb. 



Genus O R e d a, White. 



Voy. Ereb. &, Terr. Ins. p. 16 ; Lacord. Gen. Col. vii. p. 113; 

 Broun, Man. N.Z. Co), p. 486. 



Head moderately large, partially concealed, moderately convex; 

 ocular fovea feeble. Eyes ovate, finely faceted, distant. Rostrum 

 shorter than prothorax, feebly curved, wide or moderately wide; 

 scrobes open towards base. Antennce rather short and stout; 

 scape inserted nearer apex than base of rostrum, slightly shorter 

 than funicle; 1st joint of the latter moderately long, 3rd-7th 

 strongly transverse; club ovate, free. Prothorax moderately 

 convex, subtriangular, apex largely but scarcely suddenly nar- 

 rowed, base-J^isinuate; ocular lobes almost rectangular. Scutellum 

 small, subtriangular. Elytra convex, subcylindrical, shoulders 

 feebly rounded. Pectoral canal moderately wide and deep, 

 terminated just before base of anterior coxie, walls in front pro- 

 duced into a dentate or spiniform process. Mesosternal rece^itacle 

 feebly raised, rugosely punctate, sides dilated in middle, apex 

 Avidely and feebly emarginate; cavernous. Metasternum slightly 

 longer than basal segment of abdomen; episterna rather large. 

 Abdomen moderately large; 1st segment slightly shorter than 2nd 

 and 3rd combined, its apex incurved and base rounded; 3rd and 

 4th combined longer than 2nd or 5th. Legs moderately short 

 and strong; posterior coxje almost touching sides; femora shallowly 

 and very feebly grooved and edentate, posterior almost reaching 

 apex of abdomen; tibiae feebly compressed, in addition to the 

 strong terminal hook with a small subapical tooth below and a 

 moderately stnjng one above, intermediate ridged above, the ridge 

 largely excavated in middle and causing the tibiie to appear 



