BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 



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raised. Ehjtra subtriangular, minutely granulate throughout; 

 striate-punctate, punctures moderately large but much obscured 

 by granules and scales, each containing a rather large pale scale; 

 interstices as wide or wider than punctures, scarcely convex, 3rd 

 and 5th raised and cristate at base; posthumeral tubercle blunt 

 and almost obsolete. A hdomen depressed along the middle, granu- 

 late. MeAantemiim with a longitudinal granulate ridge or elongate 

 tubercle on each side of the middle; coxal processes large, very 

 distinct when viewed from the sides. Legs granulate ; four 

 anterior tibiae noticeably curved, the anterior with strong teeth 

 towards apex and smaller ones towards base, intermediate with 

 smaller teeth, posterior with larger and more regular teeth than 

 intermediates; claw-joint moderately long, but not projecting 

 much beyond pad of 3rd. Length '6^, width 4^ mm. 



Hith.—B.^M. : Tamworth. 



The ridges on the metasternum are, I believe, unique in the 

 subfamily. 



GONIPTERUS EXCAVIFRONS, n.sp. 



Piceous-brown, legs piceous-red, antenn-e dull red. Head and 

 prothorax with whitish scales somewhat obscured by ochreous 

 dust, eyes completely margined ; oi;i the prothorax there is a 

 median dull vitta enlarging to base, the sides with larger and 

 purer scales; elytra with rather small scales denser towards apex 

 and sides, disc towards base and about middle partially nude; 

 under surface with dense, snowy scales. 



Head granulate. Rostrum granulate, with a triangular excava- 

 tion having its base between antennae, and apex between eyes, 

 in some specimens the base supplied with a ^-shaped ridge. 

 First joint of funicle a little more than half the length of 2nd, 

 l8t-2nd scarcely the length of scape; club elongate. Prothorax 

 subtubular, granulate; a trace of a feeble median carina. Scutellum 

 narrow, oblong, punctate. Elytra almost parallel-sided to near 

 apex; shoulders square; posthumeral tubercle entirely absent; 

 apex feebly mucronate; transversely granulate; striate punctate, 

 punctures large, oblong, partially concealed by scales and granules; 

 interstices as wide or wider than punctures, scarcely convex. 



