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Head moderately convex, base semicirculaiiy depressed; extreme 

 base punctate and. irregularly corrugate, punctures elsewhere con- 

 cealed. Rostrum of the length of prothorax, sides feebly incurved to 

 middle; witli series of almost regular but more or less concealed 

 punctures behind antennte, apical portion with dense clearly 

 defined punctures. Funicle with the second joint thinner and 

 slightly longer than first, third-sixth subglobular, seventh trans- 

 verse. /Vof/iorrt.c strongly transverse, sides rounded and decreasing 

 from near base to apex, base bisinuate; densely punctate, punctures 

 irregular in size, but never very large, smallest near apex; with a 

 scar-like depressed impunctate space on each side at one-third from 

 base; with a feeble median carina. Elytra with rounded sides, their 

 outlines continuous with those of prothorax, shoulders decidedly 

 produced, sides rather feebly arcuate towards apex; seriate-punc- 

 tate, punctures very large, round, deep and rather close together, 

 becoming smaller (but still rather large) posteriorly. Basal segment 

 of abdomen depressed in middle, a narrow deep sulcus on each side 

 of the intercoxal process. Femora stout, edentate, four posterior 

 distinctly grooved. Length : 5 1/2-9 mm, 



Hab. : Australia (J. Faust); N. S. Wales : Mount Kosciusko (R. 

 Helms and W. E. Raymond). 



Mr, Helm's specimens are marked as having been taken at 5000 

 feet; those from M. Raymond were probably from the summit. 



An ovate, depressed species, the outlines of which are nowhere 

 angular. The clothing is remarkably uniform, both as regards 

 density and colour, the only scales that are not sooty are a few on 

 the under surface of the tibiae, and a few marking the position of the 

 absent femoral teeth; along the middle of the prothorax a feeble 

 scaleless line can sometimes be traced. Whilst the suture between 

 the two basal abdominal segments is moderately distinct before the 

 scales have been removed, after these have been abraded it is traceable 

 with very great difficulty. The sculpture of the prothorax and elytra 

 has been described from abraded specimens; when clothed the 

 punctures and impressions of the prothorax are entirely concealed, 

 whilst the punctures of the elytra are seldom traceable. 



425. EURYPOROPTERUS ANGULARIS n. sp. 



Black, antenna3 and tarsi dingy red. Densely clothed all over 

 with short stout sooty scales; on the prothorax forming four lines, 

 all of which are conjoined at the apex, and the lateral ones conti- 

 nued on to elytra ; on the elytra the scales are rather numerous, and 

 are condensed into four fascicles (at summit of posterior declivity). 



