170 Arthur M. Lea : 



transverse, side^i reirularly munded, median line feeble ; with 

 dense, ra.ther small punctures ; and small, irregular flattened 

 grajiules. Elytra ovate, conjointly arcuate at base ; striate — 

 punctate, punctures rather large, becoming smaller posteriorly ; 

 interstices gentlj'' convex, regular and distinctly wider than 

 striae. Under surface with dense, rather small and partially 

 concealed punctures. Abdomen with basal segment slightly con- 

 cave in male, slightly convex in female. Femora stout ; tibiae 

 suddenly inflated at apex ; claw joint long. Length, 4 — 5 mm. 



The sculpture is described from abraded specimens, as the 

 clothing is so dense as to entirely conceal the derm of the 

 prothorax, and to cause the elytra to appear feebly striate — 

 punctate, or even fee'bly striated only. The scales are sometimes 

 entirely white, but they are usually mottled with very feeble 

 brown or smoky spots on the elytra, and on the prothorax with 

 feeble stripes. From some directions the first joint of funicle 

 appears to be slightly shorter than the second. The gra.nules 

 of the prothorax are variable, as on complete abrasion of two 

 specimens they are seen to be fairly dense and regular on 

 one specimen, and entirely absent from some parts of the 

 other ; on another specimen they can just be traced, but the 

 punctures are always distinct though small. The males are 

 usually smaller than the females, and are slightly narrower, but 

 the sexual differences are not very pronounced. In appearance 

 it is close to some of the varities of crinita, but is riither mure 

 robust (the male is fully as wide as the female of that species), 

 the setae on the prothorax and elytra decidedly finer and more 

 numerous, and the abdominal punctures smaller. 



Numerous specimens were obtained amongst the roots of 

 beach-gi'owing plants. 



175. Maiidalfltiis caviventris, n. sp. 



Black ; antennae, tai-si, knees and parts of tibiae more or less 

 reddish. Densely clothed with greyish — white scales, occasion- 

 ally fee})ly spotted with pale brown : and with fairly dense thin 

 setaiS. 



Head with small partially ciUK'ealed granules between eyes; 

 base finely corrugated. Rostrum with granules as on head ; 



