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Elytra elliptic-ovate, at base closely applied to and very little 

 wilder than base of prothorax, sides gently increasing in width to 

 beyond the middle; with comparatively small and deep punctures, 

 close together in the series, but distant between the rows; tuber- 

 cles and granules variable. Tibicn not notched. Length (excluding 

 rostrum) 16-18 mill. 



9. Differs in being wider, elytra more ovate, and with the apex 

 narrower and more distinctly notched, apical segment of abdomen 

 with a small subapical fovea (in the male this segment has a large 

 but partially filled excavation) and the stripe of setae replaced by a 

 feeble stripe of pale scales, similar in size to those on the upper 

 surface. 



Hab. : N. S. Wales : Mount Kosciusko (J. J. Fletcher, W. E. 

 Raymond and H.-J. Cartel) (1). 



A rather long narrow species, in general appearance like the 

 Tasmanian tristis, but with the prothoracic granules clearly defined 

 instead of more or less effaced. The rostrum and prothorax (except 

 that the granules are somewhat more irregular) are much as in 

 Riverince, but the elytra are very diiferent. 



The pale scales (when present) on the upper surface form three 

 stripes on the prothorax, with the median one continued on the 

 head, and then narrowly divided so as to appear as two slightly 

 diverging stripes on the rostrum; on the elytra they sometimes 

 form feeble stripes, but are usually confined to small irregularly 

 distributed spots. But on most of the specimens the paler scales are 

 indistinct or absent. The stripe of setse on the male covers about 

 one third of the width of its abdomen. Of the seven specimens 

 before me no two have the tubercles identical, nor are they even 

 alike on two sides of an individual; they are never large and 

 conical, neither are they almost effaced as in so many species of the 

 genus, but they are usually small and shining, and in feeble rows, 

 of which five may usually be counted on each side; but of the rows 

 only that on the third interstice is always present, but there is 

 generally a fairly distinct row on the sixth, the other rows contain 

 fewer and smaller tubercles, sometimes only one or two in number. 

 One specimen for instance has all its tubercles small ; on its second 

 interstice on one side three and on the other four, on the third ten 

 and nine, on the fifth eleven and eight and on the sixth eleven and 

 fourteen; but some of these are so small that they appear little 

 more than feebly elevated granules. The granules are also variable, 

 and are sometimes conspicuous, especially on the suture and sides. 



(1) A specimen belongiug to the Belgian Museum is labelled Sydney but 

 certainly in error. 



