BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 483 



<;ost£e, and appai'ently coarsely punctate; antennae elongate, scape 

 inserted about two-fifths from apex, passing muzzle for about one- 

 fourth its length; 2nd joint of funicle almost twice as long as 1st 

 and a little longer than three following combined; club large, 

 subadnate to funicle. Prothorax large, a little longer than wide, 

 apex depressed, produced, feebly bifurcate, feebly ridged at sides, 

 not one-fourth the width of base; ocular lobes moderately promin- 

 ent ; constriction moderately deep, visible from above; sides in 

 the middle subparallel on account of two almost obsolete tubercles 

 the separation of which is just traceable, suddenly narrowed to 

 base ; median carina short, distinct, a large flattened punctate 

 tubercle at each side of it. Elytra not twice as long as prothorax, 

 widest at the middle, but even there a little narrower than pro- 

 thorax at its widest; with a few feeble granules; three moderate 

 sized tubercles on disc of 2nd interstice equidistant from each 

 other and from their fellows, 4th with two tubercles of the same 

 size as those on 2nd, 6th with an almost obsolete tubercle, the 

 .six appearing thus ' • ' • ' ; each at apex with a flat-sided 

 distinct blunt tubercle widely separated at their apices ; with 

 large and regular punctures at sides, smaller and less regular on 

 disc, almost obsolete on declivity, which is moderately abrupt. 

 Basal segment of abdomen twice as long as 2nd, 2nd feebly bulged 

 out at sides; intermediates feebly depressed below 2nd, level with 

 and slightly shorter than apical; apical feebly impressed towards 

 sides Femora elongate, just passing abdomen ; tibiaj straight, 

 the anterior feebly curved towards apex; tarsi rather broad, 3rd 

 joint moderately bilobed, 4th a little longer than 1st. Length 

 15^, rostrum 4^; width 5§ mm. 



^a6.— Queensland (Mr. C. French); Tweed River, N.S.W. 

 (Lea). 



PoROPTERUS Jekeli, Waterh.; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5430. 



Densely clothed all over with microscopic muddy-green or 

 greyish scales, interspersed (especially on tubercles and under 

 .surface) with some which are more elongate and pale brown; legs 



