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fortitcr reticulato-punctatum ; antennae ferrugineae , articulo primo funiculi 

 crassiore, sccundo multo longiore, caeteris submoniliformibus; prothoi'ax 

 paulo depressus, antice angustior, supra inaequalis; scutellum triangulare ; 

 elytra subsulcata, interstitiis vage elevatis, prtesertim postice; femora mo- 

 dice incrassata; tarsi parvuli. Long. 6 mm. 



Hah. Fly River, Yule Is., L. M. D'Alhcrtls. 



liei'osifis. 



Pascoe, Journ. Linn. Soc. XII, p. 43. 



232. B. devotus, Pascoe, 1. c. p. 44. 



Hab. Ternate, Beccavi (Goram, Ternate, Wallace). 



233. B. calidris, n. sp. Ellijiticus, squamis ochraceis, fusco-griseoque 

 variegatis , dense vestitus ; rostrum castaneum , nitidum , leviter vage , sed 

 basi sat rude punctatum ; antennae ferrugineae , articulis primis quatuor fu- 

 niculi breviusculis , sub-aequalibus ; prothorax sat parce leviter punctatus, 

 punctis squamigeris, elytra oblongo-cordata , prothorace latiora, seriatim 

 punctata, punctis subremotis squamigeris; pedes griseo-squamosi , fere obso- 

 lete fiisco-annulati. Long. 8-9 mm. 



Hab. Fly River, Timor, Somerset, L. M. D'Alberlis; N. Guinea 

 (Andai), Bndjn (Rockhampton , Masters). 



A variable species, not depending apparently on locality. It 

 may be Ccelosternus nubilosus (Sclionh, VIII, p. 371) but Bohe- 

 mann, inter alia, describes that species as having the elytra not 

 broader at the base than the prothorax. 



234. B. tristis, n. sp. Late elliiiticus, nigrescens opacus, squamis sub- 

 silaceis vestitus; rostrum laevigatum, subtiliter sparse sed basi rude punc- 

 tatum ; antenna fusco-ferrugineae ; prothorax transversus , rude punctatus , 

 squamis fere concoloribus vestitus ; elytra prothorace conspicue latiora , 

 seriatim vol substriato-punctata , punctis appi'oximatis; pedes squamis con- 

 coloribus sat parce tecti; femora valida. Long. 9-12 mm. 



Hab. Yule Is., L. M. D'Alberlis. 



The scales in this species are very small, closely adpressed 

 and apparently unicolorous with the derm, but in fresh speci- 

 mens they are seen, under a strong lens, to be pale silaceous. 

 Tlie club of the antennse is scarcely thicker than last joints of 

 the funicle. 



