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of squamose punctures in middle, two rows at base, and irregular 

 at apex. Hasal segment o^ abdomen depressed in middle. Legs long; 

 femora (especially the hind pair) acutely dentate, hind pair extending 

 to middle of apical segment; tibiae ridged above and beneath. 

 Length 8 1/2-9 mill. 



$. Differs in being even dingier in appearance than the male, 

 punctures smaller, prothorax less transverse, basal segment of 

 abdomen not depressed; rostrum slightly longer and thinner, with 

 less of the base squamose and punctured, and scarcely carinated. 



Hab. : N. S. Wales (J. Faust), Richmond River (A.-M. Lea), 

 Clarence River; Queensland: Wide Bay, Brisbane (Belgian Museum). 



Differs from gallinago in being flatter, the prothorax with a carina 

 and without fascicles, rostrum slightly curved, femora stouter and 

 the claw joint slightly longer. 



On each elytron there are four fascicles on the second interstice, 

 and two (or three) on the fourth; there is also a feeble slightly 

 oblique one towards the side about the middle. 



PSEUDOMETYRUS n. g. 



Head moderately large. Eyes finely faceted. Rostrum thin or 

 moderately thin, straight or almost straight, the length of prothorax, 

 base much wider than apex, sides rather suddenly decreasing to 

 middle and then almost parallel to apex. Antennae rather thin; scape 

 slightly shorter than funicle, inserted nearer apex than base or 

 slightly nearer base than apex; two basal joints of funicle moderately 

 long; club ovate, not very large. Prothorax with the apical third 

 suddenly narrowed and tubular, sides strongly rounded in middle. 

 Scutellum oblong. Elytra slightly wider than prothorax across 

 middle, but considerably wider than at base. Pectoral canal rather 

 narrow, terminated level with base of middle trochanters. Meso- 

 sternal receptacle scarcely raised, walls equal and rather stout, 

 emargination semicircular and slightly transverse; slightly caver- 

 nous. Femora moderately dentate, not grooved. 



Allied to Metyrus, but the rostrum much thinner. From Isax (to 

 which at first several of the species appear to belong) it is distin- 

 guished by its cavernous mesosternal receptacle and shorter rostrum. 

 From Menios by ith finely faceted eyes, and from Wiburdia by its 

 dentate femora. 



In addition to the two species noted below, five others are known 

 to me. 



