front; ;ipf;x fiiVfior than olytra, l^ss than orif.-fourth thfi width of 

 baso and ff.fjhly bifurcatf^; disc with iaahUt elevation" and depres- 

 Hions, four Hrnall but moderately distinct fasciculate tuVjercles 

 across middle, a feeble carina showing Vjetween the two median; 

 densely punctate, punctures concealed. Elytra somewhat 

 flattened beneath the pale basal scales, the sides and apex 

 strongly declivous; striate-punctate, punctures large but some- 

 what irregular: interstices the width of or wider than punctures, 

 feebly convex; suture, 3rd and 5th feebly raised and subfascicu- 

 late in parts, in places feebly connected by transverse or oblique 

 subfasciculate elevations. Under aurfacA moderately densely but 

 feebly punctate, apical segment densely and strongly punctate. 

 Femora den.sely punctate, the anterior long and rather acutely 

 dentate Vjut feebly grooved, the posterior feeVjly dentate and 

 .strongly grooved. Length 10^, rostrum 4; width oj rnrn.* 



5. Differs in having the excavation on the forehead narrower 

 and deeper: rostrum shorter and glaVjrous except at base, thinner 

 and finely but at Vjase moderately strongly punctate, raised Vjut 

 not carinate at middle, greatest width at (not near) extreme ba.se 

 and least at apex; insertion of antennae and relative lengths of 

 its parts difierent, funicle with ordinary set^e and the anterior 

 legs only as long as the posterior. 



Wih,—il: "Cape York" (Pascoe)— N.S.W. : Tweed and 

 llichmond Rivers (Lea). 



A remarkable and, so far as I arn aware, unique (in the Aus- 

 tralian Cryptorhynchides) feature of the ^7 is that the joints of 

 the funicle diminish in width from the middle to both Vjase and 

 apex; the difference is certain I3" flight, Vjut it can Vje seen at a 

 glance. The peculiar velvety fasciculate elevations on the elytra 

 are not at all constant in shape or position; in some specimens 

 they appear as feeVjle waved lines, in others as more or le.ss 

 irregular rings, h»ut they are usually more pronounced across the 

 middle and very rarely encroach on the pale basal .scales. 



* A small male under examination measures but 5 mm. in length. 



