ARTHUR M. LEA, CRYPTOPHAGIDAE, CUCUJIDAE ETC. 11 



tennae, front legs and parts of others flavous. Moderately 

 pubescent. 



Head gently convex, with rather small eyes. Antennae 

 with first joint stout and moderately long, second short, 

 third about as long as wide, fourth 

 to eighth moderately träns verse, 

 ninth about as long as three pre- 

 ceding combined, and much wider, 



SOmewhas COmpreSSed, one side of Fig. 8. Heteromastix insignicor- 

 ■. .-i . nis Lea. Four terminal ioints 



apex trancated, the inner apex of antennae. 



obtusely produced, tenth about 



as long as ninth but scarcely as long as eighth, eleventh 

 slightly longer than tenth and near apex slightly wider. 

 Prothorax about twice as wide as long, with a few sub- 

 marginal punctures. Elytra parallel-sided to near apex; 

 with crowded and rather small but sharply-defined punc- 

 tures. Subapical segment of abdomen triangularly incised 

 in middle. Basal joint of front tarsi lopsided. Length 3 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Evelyne (Dr. E. Mjöberg). Type 

 (unique) in Stockholm Museum. 



The ninth joint of the antennae is inflated, but it differs 

 from that of H. mcdonaldi, H. macleayi, and H. fusicornis in 

 being produced at the inner apex, and with the two following 

 joints much longer and thinner, the body is also narrower. 



Heteromastix mirocerus sp. no v. — Fig. 9. 



(^ Black; apical lialf of head, prothorax, legs (hind femora 

 infuscated in middle), and antennae (the median joints in- 

 fuscated) flavous. Clothed with short ashen pubescence. 



Head gently convex, with two feeble interocular impres- 

 sions. Antennae moderately long, third joint subtriangular, 

 twice the length and width of 

 second, and slightly longer _ 

 than first, fourth with a large ^ 



triangulär projection on one Yig. 9. Heteromastix mirocerus Lea. 



side, fifth with a strong pro- 

 jection curved backwards on one side of apex, and a slight 

 forward projection on the other, sixth slightly produced on 

 one side of apex, and slightly larger than seventh, eighth 

 and ninth simple, tenth and eleventh closely applied together 

 and distorted. Prothorax about twice as wide as long, lateral 



