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Prothorax feebly transverse ; with dense minute punctures ; 

 apical half (except at sides) with small, dense, angular granules, 

 feebly transversely arranged. Elytra more than twice as long 

 as wide ; with regular rows of distinct punctures, in feeble 

 striae ; the interstices with minute punctures. Length 1 mm. 



Hah.—^.^. Wales : Richmond River (A. J. Coates). 



The smallest of the family recorded or known to me from 

 Australia, and with the elytral setae beautifully regular. In 

 general sculpture it is much like the preceding species, except 

 that the punctures and striae are rather less strongly impressed. 



Cryphalus pilose! his. Er. 



A fairly common Tasmanian species, varying in length from 

 2 to 2§ mm. Numerous specimens (apparently immature, as 

 they are much paler than specimens taken at large) were taken 

 from beneath bark of the prickly box {Bursar ia spinosa). 



Hylesinosoma, n. o- 



Head wide, not entirely concealed from above. Eyes narrow 

 and finely faceted. Scape more than thrice the length of 

 funicle, and slightly shorter than club ; funicle seven-jointed ; 

 club with three very conspicuous joints, of which the first two 

 are strongly produced on one side. Rostrum (including man- 

 dibles) almost thrice as Avide as long. Prothorax moderately 

 transverse, base bisinuate. Scutellum small. Elytra cylin- 

 drical, subcordate. Prosternum short. Metasternum slightly 

 longer than the following segment ; episterna wide at apex. 

 Abdomen with first segment rather more than twice as long as 

 second or fifth, each of these slightly longer than third or 

 fourth. Front coxae separated about half the length of front 

 femora, middle coxae a little more widely separated, hind pair 

 almost touching ; femora rather stout and edentate ; tibiae 

 coarsely serrated ; tarsi shorter than tibiae. 



This genus is proposed to receive Hylesinus fici, wrongly re- 

 ferred to Hylesinus on account of its very deceptive resemblance 

 to several exotic species of that genus. In the figure accom- 

 panying the original description of the species the funicle is 



