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long; base strongly bisinuate and much wider than apex, hind 

 angles acute and tlange-like, apex truncate; punctures rather 

 small and normally concealed. Elytra no wider than prothorax, 

 parallel-sided to near apex; striate- punctate, striae rather feeble, 

 punctures moderately large but more or less concealed. Femora 

 stout, very minutely dentate. Length (including rostrum 6-7 1/2 

 mill. 



Hab. : Queensland : between Charters Towers and Hughendon 

 (H. Hacker). 



Readily distinguished from all other Australian species of the 

 genus, except laticollis, by the flange like hind angles of the protho- 

 rax; from laticuUis itself it is distinguished by these being the exact 

 width of the elytra at the base instead of distincty wider. There are 

 twelve specimens before me, all agreeing in this feature. The large 

 spot is usually present and very distinct on each side of the middle 

 of the elytra, but occasionally it is almost or quite absent. 



534. MYLLOCERUS SUBAPTERUS n. sp. 



Black orpiceous black, antennae and legs more or less diluted with 

 red. Densely clothed with scales usually more or less green, but 

 sometimes greyish or even with a slight coppery gloss. In addition 

 with numerous tine setae, scarcely raised above general level on 

 prothorax, but suberect on elytra. 



//ead wide, almost Hat between eyes; these very feebly convex. 

 Rostrum stout, not much longer than wide, sides gently decreasing 

 in width from base to apex; sublateral carinse indistinct except in 

 front, with a very fine and usually concealed median carina. 

 Antennae thin ; first joint of funicle as long as second and third 

 combined, second as long as third and fourth combined. Prothorax 

 almost twice as wide as long, sides gently and evenly rounded, 

 base strongly bisinuate, apex truncate and as wide as base; with 

 very feeble ocular lobes; with fairly dense but more or less concea- 

 led punctures. Scutellum small and feebly transverse. Elytra 

 slightly but distinctly wider than prothorax at base, shoulders 

 rounded, sides feebly dilated to beyond the middle; with series of 

 not very large and partially concealed punctures, interstices not 

 separately convex. Femora unarmed. Length 5-6 1/2 mill. 



Hah. : N. W. Australia (Macleay Museum). 



Three of the ten specimens before me have the derm of a rather 

 pale red, but this appears to be due to immaturity. The scales are 

 occasionally slightly opalescent; they usually are more or less 



