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465. Myrtesis caligata Pasc. 



466. Fioptoperus tasmaniensis Lea. — Hab. : Tasmania. 



467. Nlconotus tarpli /'aides Pasc. 



468. MITRASTETHUS AUSTRALIA ii. sp. 



Reddish-castaneoLis, shining. Clothed with rounded greyish-white 

 scales closely applied to derm ; dense on head, rostrum (except at 

 apex in (/ and apical two-thirds in $) and legs; uniform and 

 moderately dense on prothorax, elytra and the sides beneath ; and 

 absent on middle of metasternum and abdomen. Elytral interstices 

 with a few semierect scales ; the legs with numerous setose scales. 



Derm of head and base of rostrum entirely concealed. Rostrum 

 about the length of prothorax, very feebly diminishing from base 

 to apex, very minutely punctured. Scape stout, inserted just before 

 middle of rostrum in ^, at basal third in $, terminated before 

 apex; first joint of funicle once and one-third the length of second. 

 Prothorax feebly convex, sparsely and finely punctate. Elytra 

 punctate-striate, striae feeble but on account of clothing apparently 

 very distinct; punctures not very large, longer than wide; 

 interstices scarcely convex, much wider than-punctures, punctured 

 as prothorax. Metasternum impunctate on disc, but near base with 

 a series of strong punctures. Intercoxal process of aJjdonien with a 

 semicircular row ot strong punctures, interrupted in middle: 

 sutures of third and fourth punctate. Length 6 mill. 



Hah. : Australia (J. Faust); Queensland : Wide Bay (Belgian 

 Museum); N. S. Wales : Tweed River (A. M. Lea). 



Differs from the New Zealand haridioides in being smaller, less 

 ^densely squamose, prothorax with entirely uniform scg,les; scales 

 covering less of the under-surface, which is also less punctate, 

 punctures of elytral strise larger and more distinct; posterior 

 femora stouter, rostrum wider at base, scape stouter and shorter 

 and club shorter. Herr Redtenbacher's description and figure of 

 haridioides would almost exactly apply to Australice, but on 

 comparing the two species together they are seen to be very distinct. 

 The genus is now first recorded as Australian. 



MENIOMORPHA n. g. 



" Head rather small; ocular fovea feeble. Eyes large, coarsely 

 faceted; separation considerably less than width of rostrum at base. 

 Rostruui thin (except at basal fourth), feebly curved. Scape rather 



