BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 3l7 



more or less, are somewhat shorter and broader, have the basal 

 ventral segment obscurely triangularly depressed behind with the 

 hind margin scarcely lobed in the middle, and the tibiae much less 

 strongly bent at the apex and scarcely toothed. 



The species of Dysostines previously described are all much 

 smaller than this except valgus, Pasc, from Queensland, which 

 has the prothorax " longitudinally sulcate " and the shoulders of 

 the elytra " auriculate," &c. 



S. Australia ; Port Lincoln; Yorke's Peninsula; near Adelaide. 

 Occurs on plants growing on the sea-shore. 



Dysostines pilosus, sp.nov. 



Oblongus (?mas) vel brevius ovalis (? fem.) ; piceus vel 

 piceo-ferrugineus, antennis pedibusque plus minus brunneo- 

 testaceis ; supra . squamis cinereis albisque (his hie illic 

 maculatim vel vittatim condensatis) densissime vestitus, 

 setulis brevibus pallidis intermixtis ; ad latera pilis subtilibus 

 elongatis instructus ; corpore subtus et pedibus longe pilosis ; 

 rostro quam latiori minus duplo longiori, supra sequali 

 arcuato minus planato, crebre subrugulose subtiliter punctu- 

 lato ; oculis subprominulis ; antennarum funiculi articulis 

 3-7 vix latitudine crescentibus, 7° vix transverso ; prothorace 

 quam longiori nuUo modo latiori, supra sequali, antice leviter 

 tubulate, duplo-punctulato, lateribus sat fortiter rotundatis, 

 scutello vix distincto ; elytris prothorace vix (? maris) vel 

 dimidia parte (?femin?e) latioribus, postice minus fortiter 

 (? maris) vel fortiter (1 feminee) declivibus, striato-punctulatis, 

 puncturis sat magnis, interstitiis vix convexis crebre subtiliter 

 punctulatis, humeris baud prominulis ; mesosterno simplici 

 declivi ; prosterno inter coxas anticas quam antennarum 

 clava multo angustiori ; segmento ventrali 1" medio vix 

 planato ( 1 maris ) vel obscure triangulariter depress© 

 (r feminai) ; tibiis posticis ad apicem intus fortissime arcuatis 

 (? maris), vel extus leviter intus sat fortiter abrupte diiatatis 

 (? feminae). 



[(J. Long. 3|, lat. li lines ; 5. Long. 2± lat. 1 J lines. 



