BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 421 



tiiiuous throughout; sterna and abdomen with short uniformly 

 whitish scales; each of the 3rd and 4th abdominal segments with 

 a distinct row of scales as the rest of the abdomen, and a few 

 feeble ones about suture. 



Head densely punctate and very feebly carinate in front; ocular 

 fovea concealed ; eyes large, subapproximate. Rostrum sub- 

 parallel, densely punctate, punctures naked towards apex, squa- 

 mose towards basC; a feeble carina extending from base almost to 

 apex. Antennae inserted slightly in advance of the middle; scape 

 short: basal joint of funicle obtriangular, longer than 2nd, 3rd- 

 7th transverse. Prothorax transverse; densely punctate, punc- 

 tures round and deep; a narrow median somewhat irregular 

 carina extending from base to apex. Sc^itellum oblong. Elytra 

 distinctly wider than prothorax and not thrice its length ; 

 shoulders slightly produced, rounded, granulate; punctures large, 

 shallow, separated by feeble transverse ridges; ten slightly raised 

 and rather wavy interstices on each elytron, becoming granulate 

 towards apex. Mesosternal receptacle semicircular. Metasteriial 

 episterna punctate throughout, the punctures forming double rows 

 at base and apex. Ahdoinen punctate, each of the 3rd and 4th 

 segments with one distinct row. Femora rather thick, posterior 

 extending to middle of apical segment; tibiae short, grooved, all 

 (but especially the posterior) dilating towards apex. Length 1\, 

 rostrum 2 (vix); width 4 mm. 

 [' Hab.—l^.Q.: Cooktown (Herr J. Faust). 



Very strongly resembles T. religiosus, but besides the carinate 

 head it is of a shorter and broader build, with shorter and broader 

 rostrum and punctures of metasternal episterna different. A 

 specimen from the Northern Territory (probably Palmerston) 

 appears to belong to this species, but differs in being considerably 

 smaller (5 mm.), the clothing rather denser and paler and the 

 Maltese cross even less distinctly defined. 



Tyrt^osus incallidus, Pasc; I.e. No. 5555. 



Dark reddish-brown; prothorax and under surface darker, 

 antennae dull red. Head and base of rostrum with pale uniformly 



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