Goleoptora of K'ukj Inland. 197 



feinorii and tibiae) dull wA. Katlier densely clothed with soft, 

 din<^' bro\m scales, but in places varyintr to black and to a pale 

 brown : and paler on the under surface, legs, head and rostrum 

 than elsewhere. Prothorax with seven feeble fascicles ; elytra 

 with very feeble fascicles. 



Head rather stronofly convex, with dense but usually con- 

 cealed punctures. Rostruiu increasing in width from base to 

 near apex ; with dense punctures, which, towards base, are 

 usually concealed ; more than half the length of scrobes visible 

 from above. Prothnrax feebly transverse, apex rather sud- 

 denly narroAved and subtubular, sides subparallel towards base, 

 liase strongly bisinuate, sciwcely tuberculate beneath fascicles, 

 but with a very short median (and usually concealed) carina ; 

 with small, dense, round, concealed punctures. Elytra slightly 

 widei' rhan prothorax, parallel-sided to near aipex, shoulders 

 feebly produced ; Avith rather large suboblong punctures, in 

 rather feeble striae; interstices wide, scarcely separately convex; 

 with dense punctures a.nd small granules, but both usually con- 

 cealed. Under surface with dense init partially concealed punc- 

 tures : metasternal episternum with a single irregular row of 

 punctures. Abdomen with second segment slightly shorter thaai 

 tirst, third and fourth fairlv large, but their combined length 

 slightly less than that of second or fifth. Legs not very long ; 

 hind femora almost extending to apex of abdomen. Length, 

 8— lU mm. 



Also from Victoria (Warragul) and New South Wales (Jenolan). 



Of the prothoracic fascicles there are two ait the apex and 

 five atross the middle, but the}' are all feeble and easily abraded, 

 and the median one is often so feeble that it would proba.bly 

 be l)est not to regard it a.s a fascicle art: all. The elytra in 

 several specimens appear to be totally without fascicles, but in 

 others numerous very feeble ones are present, unless indeed 

 the}' should be regarded as small spots of darker scales. On the 

 spe^-'imen from Warragul there are numerous feeble pale spots 

 transversely arrajiged on the elytra, but with four more dis- 

 tinct at the summit of tlie posterior declivity. Tlie specimens 

 from the island are rather wider and the clothing slightly more- 

 mottled than on mainland ones. 



