BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 605 



scarcely as long as 3rd-4th combined, 5th-7th globular. Prothorax 

 with moderately large honeycomb-like punctures, apex not 

 suddenly constricted, base feebly bisinuate. HcuteUum scaixely 

 longer than wide. Elytra wide, nowhere depressed; minutely 

 and irregularly granulate throughout; striate-punctate, punctures 

 moderately large but much obscured by granules; interstices as 

 wide or wider than punctures, very feebly convex, 3rd scarcely 

 raised at base, 5th with a small tubercle near apex; shoulders 

 oblique, outwardly prominent. Coxal processes of metasternum 

 distinct when viewed sideways, appearing obsolete from above. 

 Mesosternal. process feebly produced and rounded. Femora almost 

 without apical notch ; anterior tibite distinctly curved, with 

 numerous small and sufficiently distinct teeth which are directed 

 backwards; claw-joint long, squamose. Length 5, width 2| mm. 



//a6.— Swan River: two specimens obtained by sweeping 

 (Lea); Mt. Barker (Mr. R. Helms); King George's Sound (Mr. 

 G. Masters). 



A very distinct species, at first sight somewhat resembling 

 Syarhis s7ibUneatus. It is robust and rather prettily marked, and 

 when alive specimens are covered to a slight extent with an 

 ochreous exudation. From all the described species of the genus 

 it may be distinguished by its anterior tibise with their teeth 

 directed backwards, the short 2nd joint of funicle, and the 

 laterally projecting shoulders. The male is slightly smaller, and 

 with a shorter and broader rostrum than female. 



OxYOPS Masters!, Pasc. (Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 4989).— I have 

 five specimens of this species, in all of which the anterior tibiae 

 are strongly curved, so that this character would not appear to 

 be a sexual one as suspected by Mr. Pascoe. The prothorax 

 appears to be tricarinate, but a brief examination will suffice to 

 show that there is but a median carina, on each side of which is 

 an oblique row of raised tubercles or granules, partially concealed 

 by scales. In several specimens the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 7th inter- 

 stices are about equally raised. ^ 



OxYOPS FARINOSA, Pasc. (Mast. Cat. Sp. ISTo. 4981). — Perfectly 

 fresh specimens of this species are densely covered with a pinkish 



