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pedes setis crassis mimerosis vestiti; femora antica crassiora, mutica; ab- 

 domen segmento seciindo tertio quar toque conjunctim longiorc, sutura prima 

 paulo angulata. Long. 7 mm. 



Eah. Yule Is., L. M. D'ALbertis. 



3Joi:*mosintes. 



Pascoe, Journ. Entom. II, p. 429. 



227. M. nodosus, n. sp. Oblongo-ovatus , nigro-piceus, squamis silaceis 

 vage vestitus; rostrum modico elongatum, leviter jjunctatum ; antennae fer- 

 ruginea^ ; funiculus articulis duobus basalibus breviusculis , fequalibus , ul- 

 timo a clava distincto; prothorax oblongus, in medio transversim quadri- 

 nodosus , versus ajjicem utrinquc incisus , apice seipso tuberculis duobus 

 instructis; elytra ovata, convexa, apice truncata, singulo tuberculis validis 

 conicis quinque, tribus dorsalibus, duobus lateralibus, instructo; pedes mo- 

 dice elongati , sat dense squamosi ; femora linearia mutica. Long. 12 mm. 



Hab. Fly River, L. M. D'Albertis. 



This species differs from M. rubus in its finely punctured ro- 

 strum, oblong prothorax, and fewer and differently arranged 

 tubercles. The last joint of the funicle is not adnate to the fu- 

 nicle, as in M. rubus, another example showing that generic 

 characters drawn from the funicle must be taken with reser- 

 vation. Morinosintes is at once known from Poropterus by its 

 linear tarsi, the penultimate joint not being bilobed. 



Pascoe , Journ. Linn. Soc. XI, p. 187. 



228. E. ater, n. sp. (Tav. 2, fig. 9). Oblongus, ater, fere esquamosus; 

 rostrum tenue, basi rugosum versus apiccm leviter punctatum; antenna? 

 piceae, funiculus articulo secundo quam primo duplo longiore; prothorax 

 modico convexus, antica constrictus iitrinque leviti'r rotuudatus, rude punc- 

 tatus , tuberculis quatuor parvis transversim obsitus; scutellum triangularo; 

 elytra subtrigona, angulo liumerali valde producta, seriatim grosse ])unctata, 

 tuberculis quatuor magnis fasciculatis , aliisque minoribus, instructa, apice 

 rotundata; pedes sat dense setosuli. Long. 14 mm. 



Hab. N. Guinea (Korido), Beccari. 



In sculpture like E angulalus, but with few scales and a longer 

 prothorax with slightly rounded sides; the tubercles on the elytra 

 have fascicles composed of a few scattered scales, and there 



