BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 423 



scales very minute; each of the 3rd and 4th abdominal segments 

 with two irregular rows in the middle and more towards sides; 

 metasternal episterna with scales continuous throughout. 



Head densely punctate; ocular fovea feeble. Rostrum long, 

 thin, densely punctate at base, feebly elsewhere, highly polished, 

 slightly increasing in width almost from base to apex. Antennae 

 slender; scape inserted in exact middle of rostrum; two basal 

 joints of funicle elongate, subcylindrical, as long as those follow- 

 ing combined, 7th transverse. Prothorax transverse; punctures 

 and median carina almost concealed. S cutellum covdia.tQ. EJytra 

 not much wider than prothorax and about thrice its length, 

 parallel-sided to near apex; each with about eight rows of punc- 

 tures marked by depressions, but the punctures themselves con- 

 cealed; interstices apparently rather broad, feebly raised and 

 punctate. Mesosternal receptacle longer than wide. Metasternal 

 episterna with punctures continuous throughout and forming two 

 rows at base and apex. Abdomen moderately densely punctate, 

 the 3rd and 4th segments each with two very irregular rows, the 

 sides more densely punctate. Femora almost linear, the grooving 

 and teeth very slight, posterior not reaching apical segment ; 

 tibiae thin, anterior feebly bisinuate and very feebly grooved, the 

 four posterior almost straight, somewhat wider and with more 

 distinct grooves. Length 6^, rostrum 1|; width 3 mm. 



//a6.— N.S.W.: Tenterfield (Mr. G. Masters)— Queensland 

 (Mr. C. French). 



An uniformly clothed and subparallel species, with longer 



k mesosternal receptacle, legs and rostrum than is usual. 

 TYRT.E0SUS CARINATUS, n.sp. 

 . Dull brownish-black; legs dark reddish-brown, antenna3 dull 

 bed. Sparsely clothed with dingy setose scales ; metasternal 

 episterna with setose scales continuous throughout; each of the 

 3rd and 4th abdominal segments with long setose scales not 

 formed in rows. 



Head rather densely punctate, a distinct carina continued from 

 summit to about the middle of rostrum, from its termination an 



