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TYCHIIDES 



355. ELLESGHODES RUFIMANUS n. sp. 



Black; antennae (club excepted) and tarsi reddish. Head between 

 and behind eyes, sides of prothorax, and elytra at base and on 

 suture on posterior declivity with straw coloured seta? ; elytra 

 elsewhere with scattered and frequently semi erect seta3. Under 

 surface and legs with sparse and white pubescence, becoming dense 

 on meso- and metasternum. 



Rostrum rather thin ; in male the length of prothorax, in female 

 slightly longer; moderately curved; with a fine median carina, and 

 with four feeble ones caused by rows of punctures; sculpture almost 

 entirely concealed behind antennas in male, at base only in female. 

 Antennae thin, inserted about t\yo-fifths from apex of rostrum. 

 Prothorax about once and one half as wide as long; with dense and 

 round but more or less concealed punctures; with traces of a feeble 

 median carina. Elytra rather elongate-cordate, not parallel- sided; 

 seriate (scarcely striate) punctate, punctures rather large towards 

 base, apex and sides, smaller elsewhere; interstices not separately 

 convex near suture, but feebly so elsewhere, with small scattered 

 punctures. Ahdoinen with small and scarcely concealed punctures. 

 Femora fairly stout, dentition feeble but acute. Length 1 3/4-2 mill.. 



Ilah. : N. S. Wales: Forest Ueefs(A. M. Lea). 



The tips of the tibiae and of the rostrum are often obscurely 

 diluted with red. In addition to the straw coloured setae the elytra 

 have a very fine, sparse and indistinct pubescence. The species 

 belongs to the eucalypti group, but is very distinct. 



356. ELLESGHODES ELLIPTIGUS n. sp. 



Reddish-brown ; sometimes stained in places with black. Head 

 and prothorax with rather dense and somewhat golden setae, elytra 

 with somewhat similar setae, but amongst somewhat paler and 

 darker clothing. Under surface and legs with whitish pubescence. 



Rostrum moderately curved and (for the genus) rather stout; in 

 female the length of prothorax, in male slightly shorter; with a 

 fine median carina and with four very feeble ones caused by rows 

 of punctures; sculpture partially concealed behind antennae in 

 male, at basal fourth in female. Antennae (for the genus) rather 

 short and stout, inserted one third from apex of rostrum in inale, 



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