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margin. Elytra long, much broader than the prothorax, and widened to beyond 

 the middle, strongly so in ? , the disc shallowly longitudinally grooved, but 

 without trace of striae, the suture slightly depressed before the apex.* Beneath 

 closely, finely, the prosternum and propleura densely, punctate ; ventral seg- 

 ments 4 and 5 together not much longer than 3. Length 0-7, breadth 2 J-3 mm. 



Hah.: Ecuador (BurMey, ex coll. Fry). 



Two specimens, one of wliich is cei'taiuly ? » the other (which is 

 less widened posteriorly) apparently ^ . Much larger than the Centi'al 

 American T. marmoratus, the elytra more closely mottled with nigro- 

 piceous and variegated with small patches of ochraceous pubescence ; 

 the prothorax with larger foveae and a deep interrupted median sulcus ; 

 the ventral surface closely, uniformly punctate. It is not impossible 

 that this insect may prove to be T. marmoratus, var. subelongatus Pic 

 (from Brazil), the comparative description of which is useless for the 

 purposes of identification. T. apicenotatns Pic, from Brazil, is rufo- 

 testaceous, with a long black patch on the suture before the tip. 



Trichosalpingus Blackb. ( = Tellias Champ.). 



Since the preceding pages have been in type, Mr. E. W. Ferguson, 

 of Sydney, has presented two new species of this genus to the British 

 Museum, which also possesses the types of the three known Australian 

 forms, t 



1. — TricJiosalpingus planatus, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, rather broad, flattened, shining, finely pubescent ; 

 piceous, the head and prothorax rufescent or obscurely rufescent, the basal 

 joints of the antennae, the palpi, and legs testaceous ; the entire upper surface 

 closely, finely punctate. Head (together with the eyes) about as wide as the 

 prothorax ; antennae short, joints 5-10 sub-triangular, 11 ovate. Prothorax 

 strongly transverse, narrowed posteriorly, and with a deep oblique impression 

 just within each hind angle. Elytra broad, widened to the middle, arcuately 

 narrowed thence to the apex, and with indications of faintly impressed lines 

 on the disc. Legs short. Length 3, breadth 1^ mm. 



Hob. : New South Wales, Sydney (Ferguson). 



Two specimens, probably sexes, one of them having a broader 

 head and prothorax than the other. More depressed than T. hrunneus 

 Blackb., from which it may be distinguished by the smaller head and 

 eyes, the shorter, less densely punctured prothorax, and the entirely 

 testaceous legs. T. ohscurus Blackb. is a narrower insect. 



* There is an elongate, narrow, infu.scate callosity exterior to this depression in some specimens of 

 T. marmoratus. 



t Mr. Ferguson has also brought a specimen of Talayra serieata, antea p. 55, from Narromine, 

 N.S.W., the type of which was from Tasmania. 



