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that ot "Jnd and oonsidorably moiv than that of apical. Ltys 

 rather short, ex^vpt the anterior in ^C; toniora grooved and feebly 

 dentate, pvv<torior terminatevi considerably befoiv apex of abdo- 

 men; tibi;v oompr^sstHi, straight, except at extreme base; tarsi 

 m<.xierately long. oi\i joint wide, divply biloWd, claw-joint 

 elongate, sei«.\;;e. SulvUiptic, squam«.\<e. punctate, feebly tuWr- 

 culate, wingt^ii. 



This genus Wongs to M. Lacoixiaire's "groupe" M'cistO!{ti/!iiies, 

 and linds its nearest allies in the New Zealand genera M^cisto- 

 styius and I\%ninomoct*nis rather than in the Australian Proto- 

 palu^. The sexual distinctions are very pronounced. Six species^ 

 have Ixvn described from Australia, New Guinea and Fiji. 



Blkpiakda usiH'LArA. Pasc, Journ. of Ent. ii. 430. pl.xvii. tig !_; 

 Mast. Cat. Sp. No. or^Tl. 



C. Black, sulx^paque, antennae piceous or reddish-piceous. 

 Up^vr surface densely clothed with rv»undeii scales, much larger 

 on prothorax than on elytra. Scales of pivthorax almost uniform 

 in colour, but varying on different specimens fix>m almost white 

 to pale ochreous-brown. A triangular patch of similar scales on 

 elytra limiteii by a line drawn fn.^m each shoulder to suture at 

 alv>ut the middle: a small and very distinct rounded spot of pale 

 scales on each elytrv>n near apex and feebly or not at all connecteti 

 with apex: elsewhere the scales vary from oohreous to dark 

 velvety-brown. Head and rostrum sparsely squamose : the 

 funicle with long ivourved hair on one side, setose hair on the 

 other. Club finely pubescent. Under surface with oohreous and 

 sooty scales rather sparsely and unevenly distributed. 



Heoti densely punctate: excavated along middle, the excava- 

 tion widest and deepest on forehead. Rostrum rather coarsely 

 punctate throughout: sides dilateil near base, middle with a 

 distinct carina continuous fi\>m ocular fovea to a shallow longi 

 tudiual excavation between antennse, a feeble waved carina on 

 each side of the median one. Second joint of funicle distinctly 

 longer than 1st, 4th-7th feebly decreasing in width. Profhoraj' 

 triangular, moderately transven>e, verv feeblv convex, raised iu 



