736 NEW SPECIES OP AUSTRALIAN COLEOP'I'ERA, xii., 



joint of funicle stouter and longer than second, the others all 

 transverse. Prothorax almost as long as wide, sides rather 

 strongly rounded. Elytra elongate-subovate, at widest about 

 middle. Two basal segments of abdomen flat in middle. Legs 

 rather short and stout; front coxfe lightly but distinctly separated. 

 Length, '2 mm. 



/^„6.— N.S.W. : Muswellbrook (Dr. K. W. Ferguson). 



A minute and rather narrow species, of which two specimens, 

 probably males, are before me; its size alone will readily dis- 

 tinguish the species from all those referred to K, in the 1914 

 table of the genus. One specimen has the derm considerably 

 paler than the other, its undersurface being no darker than the 

 legs. The setse on the upper surface are of two colours, stra- 

 mineous and dark brown, the paler ones being stouter and more 

 conspicuous than the others. On abrasion, the pronotum is 

 seen to be without granules, but with rather dense punctures; 

 on the elytra, the punctures, although fairly large, are entirely 

 concealed, their places being marked by light striation of the 

 clothing. 



Mandalotus magnicollis, n.sp. 



(J. Blackish, some parts obscurely diluted with red; antennje 

 castaneous. Densely clothed with ashen-grey scales, on the 

 elytra mottled with brown; with numerous sette. 



Rostrum moderately long, median carina narrow and distinct 

 throughout. Antennae rather long and thin; second joint, of 

 funicle distinctly longer than first. Prothorax almost as long as 

 wide; sides evenly rounded, with a narrowly impressed median 

 line, and a deeper transverse one at base; with numerous rounded 

 granules, readily traceable through clothing. Elytra slightly 

 narrower than prothorax, and not twice as long, base truncate, 

 sides parallel to beyond the middle; with regular rows of large, 

 partially concealed punctures ; alternate interstices feebly ele- 

 vated, with a few indistinct scattered granules, but some fairly 

 distinct ones on suture. Metasternuvi and abdomen with a large 

 excavation common to both; basal segment of the latter with a 

 feeble carina in middle of apex, second segment with a rather 



