Colcoi>b'i'n (>/ KiiKi I .si and. * 105 



equal in width, ocuhw lobes obtuse. SruteUum not traceable. 

 Elijtra isliiihtly wider than prothorax, oblong-elliptic. I'ertoral 

 nnial deep and wide, terminated between intermediate coxae. 

 Jloiosfrrnal rerepfarle scaireely raised, emarg:ination semi-circu- 

 lar ; cavernous. M it astern urn slightly shorter than the follow- 

 ing segnuent ; episterna not traceable. Ahdomtn moderately 

 large, tw(j basal segments large, the three apical depressed. 

 Lrgs moderately lon^ ; femora not grooved or dentate, pos- 

 terior not extending to ajiex of abdomen ; tibiae stout, almost 

 straight : tarsi short. 3rd joint wide and deeply bilobed, 4th 

 elongaite. Subcylindrical, elongate, squainose, apterous. 



In addition to the species described below, two others are 

 known t^) me. I do not know amy closely allied genus and its 

 position in the ("lyptorhynchides is very uncertain. For the 

 present it may be placed at the end of the allies of Poropterus, 

 althouLrh the a.ppearance of the head and rostrum is not unlike 

 many •i the allies of Chaetectetorus. 



■J20. Microcrvptorliynclins pyo/nacus, n. sp. 



Dull red or brownisli red. Densely clothed with muddy 

 scales : and with numerous semierect setaie scattered about. 



Html with rather coarse but concealed punctures. Kostrum 

 with distinct punctures on aiiical h;ilf in female, on aipical third 

 in male : elsewhere concealed. I'rotliorai: verv' little wider than 

 long, sides moderately rounded, apex about two-thirds the -vWdth 

 of base : with dense and coarse but concealed punctures. 

 Fjhjtra elongate-cordate, gently elevated to a,bout the middle, 

 thence strongly rounded to apex ; with rows of large concealed 

 punctures, interstices as wide as and slightly narroAver than 

 punctures, the alternate ones distinctly raised. Two basal seg- 

 ments of ahiloiiKu with dense, large, concealed punctures.. 

 Length. \\ — 1^ mm. 



Tht smallest Australian spwies of the sub-faauily a.s yet 

 described. Before abrasion the sculpture is almost entirely con- 

 cealed. The derm is sometimes of a dingy brown, especially in 

 the males. The scales are always muddy looking, and not in- 

 dividually traceable. The setae are st-out and more or less 

 erect, but not long, but longer on the elytra than on the 

 prothorax; they are nowhere condensed into fascicles. Both 



