BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 467 



rostrum; funicle thin; club elongate-ovate. Prothorax transverse, 

 base strongly bisinuate. Scutellum apparently absent. Elytra 

 subovate, not much wider than prothorax. Mesostemal receptacle 

 feebly raised, base wider than sides, cavernous. Metasternal 

 episterna narrow but traceable throughout Abdomen rather 

 large, suture between first and second segments deep on the 

 sides, but curved and rather feeble across middle. Femora not 

 very stout, grooved, dentate or not; tarsi slender, shining and 

 almost glabrous above. Short, suboblong, convex, squamose, 

 punctate, tuberculate, apterous. Allied, but not very closely so, 

 to Paleticus. 



Femora dentate tarphioides. 



Femora edentate stenotarsus. 



Niconotus tarphioides Pasc; Mast. Cat., Sp. No. 5490. 



£ Black, antennae and tarsi red. Densely clothed with roundish, 

 light brown scales, which almost entirely conceal the derm; pro- 

 thorax with stouter and darker scales scattered about, and form- 

 ing six fascicles, four across middle and two at apex; elytra with 

 fascicles on the alternate interstices, but especially on the third 

 and fifth, largest on third near base. 



Head with dense punctures, which are concealed, except on 

 vertex. Rostrum coarsely punctate, with four grooves and three 

 ridges behind antennae. Prothorax rather strongly transverse. 

 Elytra subcordate, sides from basal fifth to apical third almost 

 parallel; alternate interstices elevated, and in places subtuber- 

 culate; with series of large punctures, not very close together, 

 and each containing a scale. Femora moderately (the posterior 

 feebly) dentate. Length, 8 mm. 



9. Differs in having the rostrum longer, without grooves or 

 ridges, apical two-thirds polished and slightly punctate, and the 

 antennae inserted not quite so close to the apex. 



Hab. — Queensland : Moreton Bay. — N. S. Wales: Tweed River. 



Niconotus stenotarsus, n.sp. 



£. Black, antennae (club infuscate) and tarsi red. Very densely 

 clothed with scales of an uniform shade of brown, but varying 



