BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 425 



Rostrum shining, sides slightlj'' incurved to middle, base and sides 

 punctate, a shining impunctate line on basal third. Scape 

 inserted almost in exact middle of rostrum; 1st and 2nd joints 

 of funicle moderately long, subequal, as long as 3rd-7th combined. 

 Prothorax feebly transverse, sides rounded, feebly decreasing to 

 base; median carina very feeble; densely punctate, punctures 

 round and moderately deep. Scutellum oblong. Elytra slightly 

 granulate, sides decreasing to apex from about the middle; inter- 

 stices feebly elevated, somewhat flattened, as wide as punctures 

 at base and wider at apex, with depressed granules. Mesosternal 

 receptacle semicircular. Metasternum more densely punctate in 

 middle than sides; each episternumwithonedistinctand continuous 

 row of punctures. Abdomen (except apical segment) rather 

 sparsely punctate, the 3rd and 4th each with one regular row of 

 rather shallow punctures. Femora slightly thickened, posterior 

 scarcely reaching apical segment,' tooth in all rather small but 

 distinct; tibiae grooved, subequal. Length G (vix), rostrum 14; 

 width 3 mm. 



Hah. — Q. : Endeavour River, Cairns (Macleay Mus.), Somerset 

 (Mr. C. French). 



This species must be close to T. concretus^ also from North 

 (Queensland; the following passages in Mr. Pascoe's description, 

 however, would certainly not apply to the present insect, "Elytra 

 interstitiis valde elevatis; femora . . . mutica." 

 " The scales on the prothorax are embedded in the punctures, 

 both being of rather unusual size." He also says : — "Tibia:' anticse 

 sulcatse," thereby at least implying that the anterior tibiae are 

 more noticeably grooved than the four posterior; in the jDresent 

 insect the reverse is the case. 



TvRTiEosus POLLUX, n.sp. 



Piceous-black; elytra feebly tinged with red, rostrum piceous- 

 red, antennae and claws paler. Moderately squamose, scales 

 obscure ochreous and sooty; metasternal episterna with scales 

 continuous throughout ; abdomen (especially apical segment) 

 rather densely squamose, each of the intermediate segments with 

 two distinct rows. 



