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elytra, teeth of intermediate femora very feeble, the others small 

 but acute. Length 11^, rostrum 3h; width 6; variation in length 

 101-12 mm. 



jjab. — '"Queensland" (Pascoe). N.S.W. : Tweed and Rich- 

 mond Rivers (Lea). 



As I have not been enabled to positively identify laticoUis I 

 have taken this species as typical of the genus. 



Paleticus arcifbrus, n.sp. 



Colour and clothing much as in the preceding, except that the 

 small scales are much more numerous and that there are two 

 transverse fascicles on each elytron, and several small irregular 

 tufts scattered about. 



Head with a longitudinal carina in middle, on each side of it 

 a feeble elliptic oblique tubercle. Rostrum long and thin, exca- 

 vated in middle of base and on each side so that at near base it 

 appears to be quadricostate, towards apex obsoletely punctate and 

 shining. Second joint of funicle about once and one-half the 

 length of 1st. Protlhorax transverse (3| x 2|), feebly convex, 

 apex rounded, basal three-fourths almost parallel, base strongly 

 bisinuate. Scutellum indistinct. Elytra cordate, sides rounded, 

 widest slightly before the middle, subtuberculate on each side of 

 scutellum, shoulders feebly produced and subtuberculate, basal 

 half and sides 23unctate but punctures almost concealed. Leijs 

 comparatively short; femora minutely and indistinctly dentate, 

 posterior extending to about middle of apical segment of abdomen; 

 tibial hooks (especially the posterior) short and blunt. Length 

 10^, rostrum 3^; width 5^ mm. 



Hah. — Queensland : Cairns (Macleay Museum). 



Differs from the preceding in its shorter legs and 2nd joint of 

 funicle, less flattened prothorax and elytra, tibial hooks, &c. 



Paleticus subparallelus, n.sp. 



Colour as in pedestris. Moderately clothed all over with small 

 round ochreous-brown scales, and with longer spatulate scales 

 forming four rather large and moderately well defined lines on 



