654 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, X., 



belong, it differs in having the sides of the rostrum gently in- 

 curved, so that the apex is not quite its narrowest part, the 

 antennae are somewhat stouter, prothorax less convex, with 

 less rounded sides and elytral setae more conspicuous. The 

 derm is normally entirely concealed. 



A specimen, also from Cunnamulla, is probably the female; 

 it differs in being larger (7Jmm.), scales greyish, setae more 

 numerous on elytra, rostrum with three carinse traceable (on 

 the type, if present, they are entirely concealed), and abdo- 

 men more convex. 



Myllocerus fuscomaculatus, n.sp. 



Black, legs of a more or less dingy red. Densely clothed 

 with greyish-white scales, almost uniform on head, undersur- 

 face and legs, but mixed with numerous sooty spots on elytra, 

 prothorax with a sooty stripe near each side. Prothorax and 

 elytra with fairly numerous, feebly elevated, setae, on the 

 elytra usually a single row on each interstice, but some of the 

 rows semi-double. 



Head flat between eyes; interocular fovea narrow. Eyes 

 rather large and prominent. Rostrum almost as long as wide, 

 sides feebly incurved to middle, base as wide as apex ; with 

 three narrow carinae. Antennae moderately long ; first joint 

 of funicle distinctly longer than second. Frothorar moderate- 

 ly transverse, sides gently rounded, base strongly bisinuate 

 and slightly but distinctly wider than apex, which is truncate ; 

 with dense, concealed punctures. Elytra much wider than 

 prothorax ; with rows of large, partially concealed punctures. 

 Legs comparatively short. Length, 5 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland : Cairns (E. Allen). 



The prothorax is not much but quite visibly wider at the 

 base than the apex ; regarding it as distinctly wider, it would 

 be (in my Table) associated with M. cinerascens, from which 

 it differs in being smaller, rostrum of different shape, protho- 

 rax less dilated to base, elytral setae more conspicuous, etc. 

 Regarding the prothorax as subequal at base and apex, it 

 would be associated with M. trilineatus, from which it differs 



