BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 677 



tate and with a median carina, apical half shining and much less 

 coarsely punctate. Scape inserted one-third from apex of rostrum: 

 2nd joint of funicle slightly longer than 1st and the length of 

 3rd and 4th combined, 4th-7tli transverse. Frothorax not much 

 wider than long, basal two-thirds subparallel, with a narrow but 

 very distinct and continuous median carina; coarsely punctate, 

 all the punctures confluent, so that the interspaces appear as 

 granules or short irregular ridges. Elytra about once and one- 

 third the width of prothorax and twice and one-half its length, 

 each separately rounded at base, sides parallel to near apex, then 

 strongly arcuate to apex; with series of moderately large, oblong, 

 more or less concealed punctures; interstices more or less acutely 

 ridged, the ridges frequently consisting of elongate granules, 

 alternate ones distinctly elevated and lightly curved. Under 

 surface with dense and rather coarse punctures, becoming very 

 large on metasternal episterna. Legs densely punctate; posterior 

 femora feebly, the others very feebly, dentate. Length 12, 

 rostrum 3; width 6 mm. 



Ilah. — N. Australia — Queensland (Herr. J. Faust). 



The clothing gives the species a very dingy appearance even in 

 perfectly preserved specimens; it is moderately dense only on the 

 scutellum. The 3rd, 5th and 7th interstices are lightly curved 

 at base and again on posterior declivity; the curvature is very 

 distinct to the naked eye but obscure under a lens. 



Genus O r p h a n i s t e s, Pascoe. 



Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. x. p. 454, 1869. 



Bead of moderate size, concealed from above. Eyes large, 

 widely ovate, finely faceted. Rostrum long and almost straight. 

 AnteniicE thin; scape shorter than funicle, inserted nearer apex 

 than base of rostrum; club thin, joints oblique. Prothorax tri- 

 gonal, base bisinuate, ocular lobes obtuse. Scutellum subquadrate. 

 Elytra trigonal, wider than prothorax, widest across shoulders. 

 Pectoral canal narrow, deep only between the anterior and 

 terminated between the intermediate coxa?. Mesosternal recep- 

 tacle sloping from base to apex, elongate U -shaped; very slightly 

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