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Head strongly convex between eyes; these smaller and more 

 depressed than usual. Rostrum about as long as wide at base 

 scarcely narrower than head, sides feebly diminishing in width to 

 apex; scrobes large and deep in front but suddenly terminated; 

 sublateral carinse suddenly incurved towards the front, but normally 

 almost concealed; antennae (for the genus) not very thin; first joint 

 of funicle distinctly, but not much, longer than second. Prothorax 

 about as long as wide, base and apex of equal width and both 

 truncate, sides lightly rounded; with small dense punctures, and 

 sparser larger ones, but all normally concealed; an impression 

 towards each side near the middle. Elytra about once and one half 

 the width of prothorax, parallel-sided to near apex, which is 

 notched; striate-punctate, strioe feeble, punctures fairly large but 

 normally almost or quite concealed; interstices separately convex, 

 with small dense concealed punctures. Legs comparatively stout; 

 femora edentate. Length 4-5 1/4 mill. 



Hab. : Queensland : Gayndah (Macleay Museum). 



Close in appearance to some specimens of ignaria, but the eyes 

 much two small. The head also is swollen between the eyes (the 

 swelling continued on to the rostrum) unlike that of any other 

 species of the subfamily known to me. 



The clothing is so dense that the derm is everywhere concealed 

 before abrasion. On the prothorax there are sometimes two vague 

 whitish lines; on the elytra whitish or greyish spots may be thickly 

 sprinkled about and continuous on the suture, or they may be 

 confined to the shoulders and vicinity of the scutellum (with the 

 scutellum itself white). 



HACKERIA n. g. 



Head not very large. Eyes elliptic-ovate, somewhat obliquely 

 placed, facets of medium size. Rostrum not much narrower than 

 head, not much longer than wide, apical plate triangular and 

 distinct, its margins acutely raised, scrobes shallow except in front. 

 Antennae slender, inserted almost at tip of rostrum ; funicle seven 

 jointed, all the joints more or less elongate; club elongate. Prothorax 

 transverse, sides slightly rounded, ocular lobes widely rounded but 

 distinct. Scutellurn small but distinct. Elytra considerably wider 

 than prothorax, each strongly rounded at base. Abdomen with 

 second segment slightly shorter than first, slightly longer than third 

 and fourth conbined and distinctly longer than fifth. I.egs rather 

 long; four front coxae approximate, the others moderately separa- 

 ted; femora dentate; front tibiae slightly bisinuate on their lower 



