BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 417 



feebly raised. Under surface with dense concealed punctures. 

 Pectoral canal semicircularly encroaching on metasternum. Basal 

 segment of abdomen feebly depressed in middle in (J, convex in 

 $. Femora stout, posterior not extending to apical segment, all 

 acutely dentate; anterior tibiae strongly bisinuate beneath, the 

 others distinctly curved. Length 7|, rostrum 21; width 3J mm. 



Hah. — Q.: Endeavour River (Macleay Museum). 



Apparently close to calidris in general appearance, but the four 

 basal joints of the funicle in that species are said to be short and 

 subequal. The palest scales are on the elytra beyond the middle; 

 there is a subtriangular sooty patch on each side of the prothorax 

 at base (sometimes conjoined to form a subquadrate patch), on 

 the elytra the sooty scales are more numerous from the basal 

 fourth to near the middle. The scales are of a soft nature and 

 appear to be easily discoloured. There are numerous specimens 

 in the Macleay Museum. 



Berosiris tanyrhynchus, n.sp. 



2- Elongate-ovate. Reddish-brown, antennae paler. Densely 

 clothed with muddy grey scales; prothorax with sooty scales 

 except on each side of base; elytra with a large sooty patch 

 terminating beyond the middle but not continued to shoulders. 

 Femora obscurely ringed. Head and base of rostrum densely 

 clothed. 



Head with dense, round, concealed punctures. Rostrum longer 

 than prothorax and scutellum combined, basal third with moder- 

 ately coarse punctures, elsewhere shining. Scape inserted just 

 peiceptibly nearer apex than base of rostrum; two basal joints of 

 funicle of equal leugth and not very long, the others transverse. 

 Prothorax scarcely if at all transverse, apex produced but more 

 than half the width of base, with dense concealed punctures. 

 Scutellum rather indistinct. Elytra not much more than twice 

 the length of prothorax and at base not much (but suddenly) 

 wider, widest at about middle; punctures and interstices appa- 

 rently as in the preceding species. Under surface with very 

 dense concealed punctures. Pectoral canal extending almost to 



