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taken a pair in cop.).The golden scales give tiiis species a handsome 

 appearance, but in old and worn specimens thej are very indistinct 

 and occasionally are entirely absent. The species is the narrowest 

 of the genus. I have taken numerous specimens, but only in the 

 rotting cores of a species of Xanthorrhoea. 



482. A. lachrymosa Pasc. 



483. A. niaculata Pasc. 



484. A. uniformis Pa,sc. 



485. TYCHREUS CORYSSOMERUS n. sp. 



Subelliptic, SLibcylindrical. Reddish-brown; antennas (club excep- 

 ted) paler. Densely clothed with soft scales varying in colour from 

 a creamy white to dark velvety brown. Under surface, legs (except 

 for a dark spot on each of the femora and tibiae) flanks of prothorax, 

 posterior declivity (except for an apical spot on each side) and base 

 of rostrum with creamy scales; prothorax with a narrow dark 

 patch across middle and a larger one at base, the two patches some- 

 times connected; each elytron in addition to the apical spot with 

 two dark and I'ather small velvety spots slightly before the middle ; 

 the first on the sixthreighth interstices, the second much narrower 

 and transversely placed below it, commencing on the ninth and 

 continued to side. Prothorax with six very distinct fascicles : 

 each elytron with five fascicles of which three are on the third and 

 two on the fifth interstices and so placed that two are close together 

 near the base, fiud three near summit of posterior declivity. 



Head convex : eyes larger than usual. Pvostrum decidedly wider at 

 base than apex, the sides but feebly incurved ; basal two-fifths in (^f 

 (fourth only in $) rather coarsely punctate. Scape shorter than 

 fimicle, inserted slightly nearer apex than base of rostrum. P/'o- 

 tlwrax moderately transverse, apex suddenly narrowed; densely 

 punctate, punctures concealed, subtuberculate beneath fascicles; 

 witli a moderately distinct median carina. Elytra about once and 

 one third wider than prothorax : shoulders square, apex conjointly 

 rounded; subtuberculate beneath fascicles; striate-punctate, punc- 

 tures almost concealed; alternate interstices feebly raised. Under 

 surface densely punctate. Mesosternal receptacle raised, as long as 

 wide (from some directions appearing to be transverse). Femora 

 stouter than usual; each with a large triangular tooth. Length: 

 5,5-7,5 mm. 



Hah. : Queensland : Cairns; N. S. Wales : Illawarra (Macleay 

 Museum); Clarence River (Belgian Museum). 



In some specimens the posterior declivity of the elytra is clouded 



