BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 609 



Prothorax with pale fawn-coloured scales, the base wilh a patch 

 of sooty scales, sides and apex with stout semi-erect scales, not 

 at all fasciculate in arrangement. Elytra with sooty scales; the 

 shoulders, bej^ond middle, and at apex with paler scales; the 

 alternate interstices with very stout but rather indistinct scales, 

 apex and sides towards apex with subsetose and semierect scales. 

 Under surface with almost uniformly coloured pale scales and 

 with numerous subtriangular stouter ones; legs variegated with 

 sooty scales. 



Rostrum rather short, finely punctate, punctures concealed 

 excejjt at apex. Scape stout, inserted distinctly nearer base 

 than apex of rostrum, the length of two basal joints of funicle; 

 1st joint of funicle not twice the length of 2nd. Prothorax 

 shghtly longer than wide, apex considerably more than half the 

 width of base, disc with a dumbbell-shaped excavation; con- 

 striction deep, continued on to disc and thence as an excavation 

 nearly to base on each side, a smaller subelliptic excavation on 

 each side between median and lateral excavations. Elytra not 

 much wider than prothorax, sides feebly, decreasing from near 

 base; seriate-foveate, fovese round and close together, appearing 

 as large punctures through clothing; 3rd, 5th, and 7th interstices 

 feebly raised. Basal segment of abdomen with a semicircular 

 row of fourteen very large punctures, almost concealed by 

 clothing. Femora feebly grooved, edentate. Length 4, rostrum |; 

 width IJmm. 



Hah. — Queensland : Endeavour River(G. Masters), Cook town 

 (J. Faust). 



The paler scales vary from almost white to dark fawn; the 

 elytra occasionally appear as if adorned with four rather feeble 

 whitish spots. In appearance the species is like Achojoera 

 laclirymosa. 



In general appearance very close to two specimens sent to me 

 by Dr. Gestro as cotypes of Chcetectetorus histrio Pasc.,(and which 

 if correctly named, as I see no reason to doubt, is referable to 

 Pseudapries) but wider and with more of the surface covered 

 with dark scales. The prothoracic impressions are also more 

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