BY A. M. LEA. 669 



Rhaciodes aurifer, n.sp. 



Dark reddish-brown, almost black, appendages paler. Some- 

 what irregularly clothed with more or less golden scales, but, on 

 the elytra, condensed into distinct and usually rounded spots. 

 Each tubercle with a fascicle of dark setae. 



Head with dense, round punctures. Eyes large and with 

 rather coarse facets. Rostrum long, moderately curved, 

 rather thin; punctures much as on head. IWothorax slightly 

 longer than wide, sides rounded in middle, base and apex sub- 

 equal; with dense, partially concealed punctures. Elytra dis- 

 tinctly wider than prothorax, base shallowly arcuate, shoulders 

 somewhat rounded, sides feebly decreasing in width to beyond 

 the middle, and then strongly rounded; with regular rows of 

 large punctures, in places partially concealed ; with a strong 

 fascicle-crowned tubercle on each side near apex. Legs long; 

 femora stout; four front tibiae distinctly curved; claws divergent. 

 Length, 3f mm. 



Hab.~^ew South Wales: Tweed River (A. M. Lea). 



In its divergent claws, this species agrees with Rhaciodes, but, 

 in its coarsely faceted eyes and general appearance, with Encosmia 

 coributa. It is referred to Rhaciodes, as its scrobes are exactly 

 as in that genus; in which the facets of the eyes are somewhat 

 variable. In general appearance, it is fairly close to E. cornuta, 

 but the spots are more numerous and differently disposed. They 

 are of irregular size and distribution, the largest and most 

 rounded being one on each side just before the middle, and one 

 on the suture just beyond the middle. The type has its left 

 scape resting in the upper fork of the scrobe, but the right one 

 in the lower fork, 



Empolis abacetus, n.sp. 



(J. Black, antennae and claws of a dingy red. Moderately 

 clothed with scales and stout setae. 



Head with crowded punctures. Rostrum rather long, thin, 

 and curved; with dense punctures; with three narrow carinae 

 from antennae to base. Antennae thin, inserted about one-third 

 from apex of rostrum. Prothorax somewhat wider than long. 



