BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 635' 



Rostrum as long as head and pro thorax combined; subcylindrical, 

 parallel-sided to beyond antennae; deeply and somewhat regularly 

 punctate, the punctures causing five longitudinal carinse to appear, 

 only the middle one of which is distinct. Antennae slender ;. 

 scape not passing muzzle one-third of its length; funicle six- 

 jointed, 1st scai'cely thickened; club rather slender, continuously 

 thickened with funicle. Prothorax twice as wide at base as apex; 

 base bisinuate ; scutellar lobe truncate ; equally clothed with 

 rather long thin testaceous scales; granulate, punctate. ScuteUuni 

 short, subtriangular, punctate. Elytra with scales as on pro- 

 thorax, except that a large lateral subtriangular patch is almost 

 nude; large quadrate punctures largest at sides; interstices granu- 

 late, convex, much narrower than punctures; shoulders feebly 

 rounded. Under surface with paler and shorter scales than above. 

 Legs long; femora slightly thickened, bidentate, the anterior tooth 

 ^'ery indistinct; tibia? bisinuate, the basal sinus semicircular, much 

 shorter than apical ; claw-joint feebly squamose, moderately 

 distinct. Length 5, width 3^ mm. 



Hah. — Swan River. 



The tibia? in this genus often present useful characters for 

 specific distinction; in this species they might be said to be semi- 

 circularly emarginate at base, the basal sinus being much shorter 

 and deeper than the apical, a character also possessed by the 

 following species; the clothing on the upper surface is longer and 

 more uniform in colour than is usual. 



Haplonyx tibialis, n.sp. 



Piceous; elytra, abdomen and antennse (except club) dull red; 

 rostrum sometimes piceous but usually dull red.. Scales short, 

 pale brown, almost equally and rather densely covering upper 

 surface. Head with scales all converging to centre, trace of a feeble 

 impression between eyes. Rostrum as long as or slightly longer 

 than prothorax; subcylindrical, slightly narrowed about antennal 

 insertion, densely punctate ; carinate or not, the carina when 

 present usually feebl}' bifurcate about the middle, nearly always 

 traceable but ^'ery feeble on muzzle. Scape passing muzzle, in ^ 



