406 REVISION OP THE AMYCTERIDES, 



at ouce (listingnisbed by the position of the Ijat^al rostral tubercles — elosely ap- 

 proximated in A. faseiatus, widely separated in A. muricattis. 



The median lobe of the submentum is a strong tongue-like process pro- 

 jecting far into the oral aperture. 



(Holotype d' in author's collection). 



AnASCOPTE.S 0BLITERATU8, n. sp. 



.Small, liniad; in general appearance resembling I'. conre.riusctilH!^ M;k-I. 

 Black; densely clothed with fine dingy subpubescence. 



Head convex, front somewhat liattened ; with moderat^'ly large obtuse uoduli- 

 form supraorbital crests. Rostrum not distinctly separated from the head ; 

 upper surface not excavate, (dypeal plate exserted ; lateral margins very feebly 

 obtusely angnilate about middle of rostnim, becoming indistinct towards ajies 

 and divergent towards ba.se, where the margins run into the base of the supra- 

 orbital tubercles; upper surface with a pair of moderately large separate tubercles 

 at junction with head. Scrobes not reaching farther forwards than middle of 

 rostrum, and posteriorly curved down in front of eyes. Antennae with scape 

 rather strongly incrassate at apex; funicular joints short, first and second sub- 

 equal; club short, stout. Eyes small, round, rather coarsely faceted. 



Prothorax slightly ])roduc^'(l above, without ocular lobes; upper surface 

 somewhat flattened; median area rather shallowly dejiressed; submedian tubercles 

 obsolescent, practically fused to form a somewhat rugose, feebly raised ridges. 

 broad in the middle, narrow at each end, especially the anterior; lateral mar- 

 gins dentate, hardly explanate, with a short obtuse tubercle sliglitly anterior to 

 middle. 



Elytra short and broad; base contained between the ends of the third inter- 

 stices, with short forward projections at the ends of the first and third inter- 

 stices; sculpture mucli ol)literated, the imnctures barely traceable; the third, fifth 

 and seventli interstices feebly elevated, without definite granules or tubercles ex- 

 cept for one or two obsolete nodules on the third and fifth near declivity, and 

 an ol)tuse infra-humeral nodule on the seventli. Venter flat, feebly de[)res.sed at 

 base; with rather large, round, scattered inuutures. Legs comparatively short. 

 posterior tarsi short. 



Dimensions : 6. 0.5 x 3 mm. 



ifab.^Western Australia (H. J. Carter). 



I place thi.s species in AvascopUes with a great deal of hesitation. It h.i.s 

 the general ai)i)earance of /'. cruivej-iiisciiliis Mad., and a ro>tral sculi>ture similar 

 to that of ^'1. fasciatus. Possibly a new genus should have been erected to receive 

 it, but I am unwilling to do this until more specimens are available. 



Holotype c? in author's collection. 



