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not much longer than their greatest width (which is close to base), 

 shoulders produced and clashing base ofprothorax; striate-punctate, 

 punctures not very large and more or less concealed. Pygidium 

 carinate. Legs long; femora strong and acutely dentate; hind tibiae 

 each with a twisted appendage. Length 6, rostrum 4 mill. 



Hab. : Queensland : Rockhampton (Belgian Museum). 



Three specimens (one badly broken) before me, are all of one 

 sex and probably males. The pygidium has an acute longitudinal 

 keel which is increased in size by clothing so that it appears as a 

 very strong carina ; close to it on the tip of the abdomen are two 

 small fascicles Each hind tibia is terminated on its inner edge by 

 a curiously twisted extension, that appears to be part of the tibia 

 itself, rather than a spine or loose appendage; its length is about 

 equal to that of the basal joint of the tarsus; it is thin, red, and 

 bluut at the tip. 



In general appearance close to ceqiialis, but the pygidium and 

 hind tibiae will distinguish it from that and from all other Australian 

 species known to me. 



TYGHIIDES 



635. TYCHIUS MINUTISSIMUS Boh. 



There are several specimens belonging to the Museum (and I have 

 two others from Sydney) that appear to belong to this species. In 

 one part of his description Boheman says « Antennis totis... llavo- 

 testaceis » but in another « Antennse tlavo-testacese, clava obscu- 

 riore ». In the specimens before me the club is almost black. 



L.^MOSACGII)ES 



636. L.^MOSACCUS TROPICUS n. sp. 



Reddish-castaneous, appendages somewhat paler. Upper surface 

 with irregularly distributed golden, pubescence; lower surface 

 flanks of prothorax and scutellum with dense snowy-white scales; 

 elytra with a few white or whitish spots. 



Head with small dense punctures. Rostrum rather stout and 

 feebly curved; in male with dense and rather coarse punctures; in 

 female slightly longer and thinner, shining, and with smaller and 

 sparser punctures. First joint of funicle stouter and almost twice as 

 long as second; club stout and almost as long as funicle. Prothorofo 



