BY A. M. LEA. 677 



Thkchia LATIPENNIS, Tl.Sp. 



Black, rostrum and antennae obscuiely diluted with red in 

 parts. Densely clothed with wliite scales, on the upper surface 

 mottled with sooty. 



Head with dense, partially concealed punctures. Rostrum 

 fairly stout, lightly curved, about as long as prothorax; apical 

 half with rather small but clearly defined punctures, becoming 

 larger towards base, where they are seriate in arrangement, 

 separated by feeble ridges and partially concealed. Prothorax 

 moderately transverse, apex somewhat narrowed, but basal two- 

 thirds parallel-sided; with a feeble median carina; with dense, 

 partially concealed punctures. Elytra much wider than pro- 

 thorax, parallel-sided to near apex; with rows of fairly large, 

 almost concealed punctures. Abdomen moderately convex, but 

 somewhat flattened across middle. Legs rather stout. Length, 

 3 mm. 



Hab. — West Australia: Swan River (A. M. Lea). 



Considerably larger and wider than, and very differently 

 clothed from, either 7\ pygmcea or 7\ cinerascens; in general 

 appearance, something like a large Cydmcea. On the sides of the 

 elytra, the white scales are in the majority, but, towards the 

 suture, the sooty patches cover most of the surface. On the disc 

 of the prothorax, the sooty scales (or setse) are also in the majority. 

 On the undersurface, the scales frequently have a golden or 

 greenish glitter: on the legs, they are mostly dull white, but a 

 few have a silvery lustre. 



Thechia bimaculata, n.sp. 



Dull red, around postmedian spot on each elytron black, suture 

 somewhat infuscated. Head, most of rostrum, undersurface, and 

 legs very densely clothed with white or whitish scales, similar 

 scales on sides and along middle of prothorax, and forming 

 numerous irregular spots on elytra. 



Head with punctures entirely concealed. Rostrum about as 

 long as prothorax, not very thin, lightly curved, apical fourth 

 shining and with distinct punctures, these elsewhere concealed. 

 Frothornx lightly transverse; punctures dense but in places con- 



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