BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 



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at sides than near suture; interstices densely granulate, convex, 

 the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 7th more noticeably so. Under surface 

 with whitish scales, sparser on abdomen. Femora moderately 

 thick, bidentate; tibiae bisinuate; claw-joint squamose, distinct. 

 Length 4, width 2| mm. 



Hah. — Sydney. 



Somewhat similar to the preceding in shape, but with thicker 

 and bidentate femora, elytra more feebly punctate and more dis- 

 tinctly granulate; the shoulders not at all oblique (in that species 

 they are scarcely but still noticeably obliquely rounded): from the 

 following it differs in being narrower, with a shorter and thicker 

 rostrum, less granulate and more convex interstices ; in the 

 following species also the scutellum is much more noticeably 

 transverse. 



Haplonyx atek, n.sp. 



Black; antennte — except club — dull red. Head punctate and 

 distinctly granulate, very sparsely squamose. Rostrum a little 

 longer than prothorax, rather wide, suddenly but slightly increas- 

 ino- in width at insertion of antennse; base coarsely punctate, apex 

 with finer and (proportionately) longer punctures. Scape passing 

 muzzle for about one-third its length: 1st joint of funicle elongate- 

 triangular, not much thicker or longer than 2nd; club elongate. 

 Prothorax about once and one-half wider at base than apex; base 

 bisinuate; scutellar lobe truncate; distinctly granulate, and with 

 feeble scattered white scales. Scutellum distinctly transverse, 

 triangular. Elytra not much wider than long, with very few 

 scattered white scales, punctures large but distinct only near 

 sides; interstices convex, wider than punctures, distinctly granu- 

 late throughout. Umler surface and leys with white scales not 

 very densely distributed and of two shapes, long and thin, and 

 obtriangular. Femora sublinear, unidentate; tibiae curved, the 

 anterior feebly bisinuate, the median piece scarcely interrupting 

 the general outline; claw-joint feebly squamose, distinct. Length 

 4, width 2| mm. 



Hab.— Forest Reefs, N.S.W. 



