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(Mr, Pascoe) the coxae vary from being " remote " to " approxi- 

 mate." This is the smallest species yet described of the genus. 

 It has a certain superficial resemblance to a very small Poly- 

 phrades. One of my examples (probably immature) is of a rufo- 

 testaceous colour. 



Victoria ; Alpine district. 



(CYLINDRORHININ^. ) 



Centyres sinuatus, sp.nov. 



Ovatus ; piceus, squamis griseis vel silaceis vel cinereis confer- 

 tim vestitus, antennis plus minusve rufescentibus ; his sat 

 elongatis, scapo prothoracem fere attingenti, funiculi articulis 

 basalibus 2 elongatis (2'*quam 1"^ fere longiori quam S"'^ fere 

 duplo longiori, ceteris inter se fere sequalibus quam 3"^ parum 

 brevioribus) ; rostro obsolete longitudinaliter carinato ; 

 prothorace quam longiori fere sesqui latiori, antice quam 

 postice sat angustiori; vix manifesto canaliculato, obscni'e 

 ruguloso, lateiibus modice rotundatis ; scutello minutissimo ; 

 elytris basi quam prothoracis basis parum latioribus (maris 

 ovalibus quam prothorax parum, feminfe ovatis quam pro- 

 thorax multo, latioribus) subtiliter striatis, striis sat fortiter 

 minus confertim puuctulatis (externis postice valde siuuatis), 

 interstitiis leviter convexis, sutura postice sat fortiter carinata; 

 segmento ventrali 2° quam 3*"^ parum longiori, maris segmento 

 basali longitudinaliter leviter concavo. 



[Long. 31-4, lat. Ig-lf lines. 

 The punctures in the strise each bear a small scale, as in the 

 previously described species of the genus. The present insect 

 agrees well with Mr. Pascoe's generic diagnosis except that 

 segments 2-4 of the abdomen are not quite exactly equal inter se, 

 the 2nd segment being slightly longer than either of tlie next two, 

 but very much shorter than the two together. The strong sinua- 

 tion (behind the middle) of some of the elytral striae (especially 

 the 3rd and 4th) is a very marked character, as also the strongly 

 cariniform elevation of the suture behind. The rostrum is very 

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