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dense punctures throughout, becoming coarse but more or less 

 concealed (especially in male) towards base. Antennse thin, first 

 joint slightly longer than third, eleventh slightly shorter than ninth 

 and tenth combined. Prothorax moderately intlated towards base, ■ 

 median line feeble; with dense and conspicuous granules throug- 

 hout. Scutellmn moderately transverse, sloping. Elytra slightly 

 wider than prothorax, parallel-sided to near apex, which is some- 

 what acutely conjointly rounded and passes abdomen for a short 

 distance only, flattened but not depressed along suture; suddenly 

 and strongly raised and granulate behind scutellum; each separa- 

 tely strongly rounded at base ; with rather dense and small granules 

 throughout. Metasternimi strongly convex and with partially 

 concealed granules. Abdomen with dense and more or less concea- 

 led punctures. Front femora with about six teeth in a row, and one 

 placed opposite the second in the row, the other femora unidentate,. 

 hind pair extending to apex of second abdominal segment; front 

 tibiae rather strongly, middle moderately, hind feebly denticulate 

 below. Length 11-14 mill. 



Hab.: S. Australia (Macleay Museum and A. Bovie), Adelaide 

 (Berlin and Belgian Museums). 



The rostrum is sometimes almost black at the base. The 

 pubescence on the head is mostly stramineous, but three paler 

 lines can usually be traced; on the prothorax it is also mostly 

 stramineous, with a paler median line, and usually paler latera 

 lines. On the elytra the white pubescence is mostly in the form of 

 large irregular spots, the stramineous being rather dense on the 

 ■ suture and moderately dense on the sides. On the under surface 

 there are usually feeble nude spots on the four basal segments of 

 abdomen, and always two on each side piece of mesosternum, one 

 on the mesosternum itself, the other on its side piece. The rostrum 

 is sparsely clothed to beyond the antennse. The spots of clothing on 

 the elytra are not clearly defined to the naked eye, and the nume- 

 rous granules showing through the pubescence, both there and on 

 the rest of the body (including the legs) give the insect a peculiarly 

 speckled appearance. The nude spots on the abdomen are never 

 clearly defined, and sometimes appear to be quite absent. The 

 elytral punctures, which are numerous, are normally quite concea- 

 led by the clothing. The scrobes are oblique, shining, and slightly 

 longer than the basal joint of antennae. The rostrum is slightly 

 shining at the apex, but elsewhere (owing to the density of 

 punctures) is opaque. 



A wide species which should perhaps have been referred to 

 Isacantha, but in any case I can only regard Isacantha as a 



