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areolets is occupied by numerous transverse or oblique subcostal elevations, due 

 to narrow striae, and not rising to the level of the costae margining the areolets. 



Metriorrhtnchur ruficollis, n. sp. 



(S. Black; prothorax, scutellum, and base of elytra brick-red. 



Read without rostrum. Antennae moderately long, third to tenth joints 

 ramose, eleventh more than twice the length of the non-ramose portion of tenth. 

 Prothorax moderately transverse; conspicuously seven-areolate ; apex subtriangu- 

 larly produced in middle, front angles rounded off, hind ones produced and 

 acute. Elytra almost parallel-sided; with double rows of somewhat irregular 

 punctures, the alternate interstices conspicuously elevated. Length (c?, ?), 7-7.5 

 mm. 



5. Differs in having the antennae shorter, wider and strongly serrated, 

 apex of prothorax less produced, abdomen wider, subapical segment not notched, 

 and legs somewhat shorter. 



Bab. — Queensland: Cairns and Little Mulgrave River (H. Hacker). 



On the type, the pale portion of the elytra is longest on the shoulders, 

 where it is about twice the length of the scutellum, but it is not the length of the 

 scuteUum near that organ; on the female it occupies rather more than the basal 

 fourth; a second female is e\'idently somewhat discoloured, its pale parts being 

 of a rather dingy flavous, but they cover the same area as on the other; the 

 ramus of the third joint of the male is about half as long again as its supporting 

 joint; on the following joints it increases in length to the seventh, when it de- 

 creases to the tenth, the ramus on that one being no longer than its supporting 

 joint. From some directions the elytral punctures at first appear to be in single 

 series, but on closer examination connecting longitudinal lines are quite distinct. 

 In my table (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1909, p. 51) it would be placed with M. 

 longicornis and M. costicollis; from the former it is distinguished by the ramose 

 antennae of the male, and from the latter by the very different elytral punctures, 

 and by each elytron having four conspicuous discal costae throughout. 



Meteiorkhynchus lateraeius, n. sp. 



(?. Prothorax, scutellum and ehi^ra brick-red; trochanters obscurely pale, 

 elsewhere black. 



Head with very short rostrum. Antennae with third to tenth joints ramose, 

 eleventh twice the length of non-ramose part of tenth. Prothorax moderately 

 transverse; conspicuously seven-areolate; apex obtusely produced in middle, front 

 angles obtuse, hind ones slightly acute. Elytra nan-ow; with regular double 

 rows of punctures, the alternate interstices moderately elevated. Length, 7-7.5 

 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Cairns (E. Allen). 



In my table would be placed with M. miviatus, which has the prothorax 

 considerably wider, with the median areolet longer and the front ones much less 

 sharply defined; structurally it is rather close to M. gracilis, but with elytra 

 entirely pale, and thickened front margin of prothorax not semidouble; from 

 the specimens of M. apieimrius. with entirely pale elytra, it differe in the an- 

 tennal rami being much shorter, and nonnally pubescent, instead of hairy; the 

 ramus of the third joint is scarcely longer than its support, that of the tenth 

 joint is no longer, and on not one of the intervening joints is it twice as long as 

 its support. 



