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dusted over the elytra with a little tendency to run into longi- 

 tudinal lines on the disc. The elytra immediately behind the base 

 are considerably wider than the prothorax and are thence nar- 

 rowed to the apex ; the antennae by their slender long-jointed 

 funiculus resemble those of M. argentata, — the prosternum is like 

 that of M. variabilis. The close even vestiture of scales without 

 hairs or erect setse and the nearly straight rostrum distinguish the 

 present insect from all the preceding. The elytra are a little 

 callous where the 5th 6th and 7th interstices terminate. The basal 

 2 ventral segments are (as in M. argentata) not longitudinally 

 concave. Probably Mr. Pascoe would regard this species as 

 requiring a new generic name. 



S. Australia ; a single example taken near Port Lincoln. 



MiSOPHRICE PARALLELA, sp.nOV. 



Sat angusta ; subcylindrica, elytris prothorace vix lati- 

 oribus ; piceo-nigra ; squamis pallidis (certo adspectu 

 subcupreis) vestita, his in elytris seriatim dispositis, in 

 prothorace corporeque subtus sat piliformibus ; rostro sat 

 gracili arcuato, prothorace parum longiori, longitudinaliter 

 5-carinato, carinis apicem versus obsoletis ; antennis rostri 

 parum ante medium insertis, funiculi articulis 2° 3°que longi- 

 tudine ajqualibus his conjunctis 1° brevioribus, ceteris submon- 

 iliformibus ; prothorace vix transverso, antice subtubulato, 

 crebre sat crasse rugulose punctulato, lateribus leviter rotun- 

 datis, basi vix bisinuata ; elytris puncturis sat magnis 

 subquadratis (in striis modice impressis positis) instructis ; 

 prosterno antice minus abbreviate, leviter emarginato. 



[Long. 1, lat. Y^ line. 

 This species has very much the appearance of a Tychitos. Its 

 subcylindric appearance distinguishes it at once from all the other 

 described species of Misophrice. I have little doubt that Mr. 

 Pascoe would make a new genus for it. The basal two ventral 

 segments are gently concave longitudinally. There is no fovea on 

 the apical ventral segment of the .specimen before me. 

 S. Australia ; a single example taken near Port Lincoln, 



