MJÖBERG, CETONIDJE, RUTELID^, PASSALIDiE ETC. 



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Pseu(lotoxotus(?) vestitus n. sp. (Figs. 9—10). — I have 

 before me a curious insect very much reminding one of a 

 Leptura in shape and general appearance, which causes me 

 some trouble to classify. It is one of those very narrow 

 Australian Sagridce, belonging to 

 the group Megamerince with five- 

 jointed tarsi and showing much 

 resemblance to certain Longicornia. 

 It is apparently allied to Black- 

 burn's genus Pseudotoxotus, hut 

 shows certain dissimilarities, per- 

 haps indicating a distinct genus. 

 Having only one single specimen 

 at my disposal, I prefer to de- 

 scribe it preliminarily, as a new 

 species of the genus Pseudotoxotus. 



Fig. 9. Pseudotoxotus vestitus 

 AIjöb. n. sp. 



Elongated, narrow, entirely 

 covered by dense grayish pubescence. Head narrow, eyes 

 large, strongly granulate. Labrum tranverse, rounded, entire, 

 reaching to the middle of the mandibles; antennae long and 

 thin, very nearly as long as the body; the basal 

 joint is about equal in legth to the third but consid- 

 erably thicker, the second joint short and rounded, 

 the third and fourth of about the same length, 

 i. e: three times longer than the second; fifth and 

 sixth a trifle longer, the seventh to the tenth still 

 a little longer, the last one abruptly constricted 

 near the top. Prothorax is distinctly longer than 

 it is broad, slightly constricted behind the middle, 

 and densely covered by the grayish pubescence, 

 but nevertheless showing some sh'ght trace of an 

 partly denuded, narrow line which continues also, 

 although very indistinct, on the head. Elytra attenuated to- 

 wards the apex, with an impression running from the should- 

 er towards the suture; but there seem to be some longi- 

 tudinal lines running along the suture; the surface at the bot- 

 tom is entirely covered by the pubescence. The legs are long 

 and slender, the tarsi show fine distinct joints, the fourth 

 one being of the same width as the fifth, but much shorter; 

 hind femora with a long and sharp tooth near the apex. 



Fig. 10. 

 Hind tarsus 

 of Pseudo- 

 toxotus vesti- 

 tus Mjöb. 

 n. sp. 



elevated. 



