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with N. funebris, but which lias the elytra dotted with glossy 

 black granules. 



245. N. decisus, n. sp. Subellipticus , niger, squamis griseis sftjunctliii 

 indutus, rostrum 2)icenm, versus apicem gradatila leviter jjunctatum ; an- 

 tennae ferruginese, articulo ultimo funiculi minusculo; prothorax ante medium 

 abrupte angustus, postea parallelus , disco transversim quadri-tuberculato, in 

 medio longitudinaliter costatus, apice bituberculatus; elytra oblongo-cordata, 

 singulo tuberculis magnis subseriatim instructo, inter eos granulia nitidis et 

 punctis rudibus munitis, Immeris tuberculiforraibus, apice singulorum rotun- 

 dato; pedes setulis erectis vestiti, postici minus elongati. Long. 7-8 mm. 



Hab. Fly River, L. M. B'Alberlis. 



The sculpture, especially the granules, is variable to a certain 

 extent. An undescribed species from Gilolo with a very strongly 

 punctured prothorax, etc, is apparently the nearest ally. 



Pascoe , 1. c. XI, p. 207. 



246. S. rusticus, n. sp. Brevitor ovatus, griseo-squamosus , obscure fu- 

 scescente varius; rostrum castaneum, basi leviter punctatum ; antennae sub- 

 testace^e ; prothorax transversus , antico tubulatus , apice tuberculis duobus, 

 in medio quatuor ti'ansversim obsitis; elytra striato-punctata, interstitiis, 

 praesertim alternis, elevatis, tertio basi oblongo-tuberculato ; pedes parce 

 squamosi. Long. 6 mm. 



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



S. jrrolelarius, the nearest ally of this species has a broader 

 prothorax without tubercles, etc. 



Tyrteeosus. 



Pascoe, Journ. Ent. I, p. 479. 



247. T. concretus, u. sp. Ovatus, niger nitidus , squamis majusculi3 

 griseis omnino vago vestitus; rostrum nitidum, punctatum ; antemiiB ferru- 

 ginese ; prothorax transversus , confertim grosse punctatus , punctis squami- 

 geris -, scutellum oblongum ; elytra ovata , humeris rotundatis , fortiter 

 striato-punctata, punctis majusculis, interstitiis valde elevatis, supra fere 

 denudatis; femora modice incrassata, mutica; tibiae anticae sulcatae; ab- 

 domen segmentis tertio quartoque uniseriatim squamosis. Long. 6-7 mm. 



IJab. Somerset , Z,. M. D'Alberlis. 



The scales on the prothorax are embedded in the punctures, 



