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joint of funicle .slightly longer than first. Prothorax moderately- 

 transverse, grannlate-panctate and vermicnlate; with a narrow 

 transverse impression interrupted in middle by a short carina. 

 Elytra at widest twice the width of prothorax in male, wider still in 

 female; shoulders oblique, sides dilated to beyond the middle, and 

 then suddenly and strongly narrowed to apex; apical margins flange- 

 like; with somewhat irregular rows of large deep punctures, fourth 

 interstice feebly raised, but suddenly and strongly thickened at sum- 

 mit of posterior declivity; seventh somewhat similar but less cons- 

 picuously thickened. Length (excluding rostrum) 9 1/2-11 mill. 

 Hab. : Queensland : Cairns (E. Allen). 



All four specimens before me have the femora red, but three of 

 these have the tibiae and tarsi darker. The antennae in all are almost 

 black but in one of them the scape is of a decided red. They are all 

 possibly somewhat abraded, the fascia is very indistinct in all. The 

 llange-Iike extension commences about one fifth from the apex of 

 each elytron and at its widest is about the width of the third tarsal 

 joint; from below it is seen to be due to a sudden change of direction 

 of the mai'gin, which in consequence does not closely embrace the 

 abdomen as it does elsewhere. 



48. STENGCORYNUS MINOR n. sp. 



Black; appendages sometimes diluted with red. Densely clothed 

 with stout scales interspersed with stout setae. 



RostruDi with a moderately wide median groove, with a narrow 

 carina in its middle. Antennte stout; first joint of funicle slightly 

 longer than second. Prothorax moderately transverse, sides rather 

 feebly rounded, base wider than apex; with small dense punctures 

 interspersed with others of larger size, but both kinds normally 

 concealed ; with a feeble and interrupted median line. Elytra 

 modei'"'"'^W dilated to beyond the middle, and than regularly 

 narrowed lo apex; with rows of large but greatly obscured punc- 

 tures; interstices uniform or almost so. Length (excluding rostrum) 

 5 i/2-7 mill. 



Hah.: Queensland : Cairns (E. Allen and H. Hacker), Upper 

 Endeavour River (C. French). 



The clothing is so dense that the sculpture (including the carina 

 of the rostrum) is usually concealed. The setae are scarcely distin- 

 guishable from the scales. On perfect specimens the clothing of the 

 •upper surface is of a more or less slaty or ochreous brown, but with 

 distinct white markings; these consist of a white stripe extending 

 backwards on each side from the antenna to the posterior declivity 



