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Rostrum very stout and irregularly sculptured. Antennsc short 

 ami stoul; firsl joint of fiinicle slightly longer ttian second, third to 

 seventh very distinctly tranverse. Protlvorax (by measurement) as 

 long as wide, but apparently longer than wide, sides very feebly 

 rounded in front; with mimerons rounded tubercles of varying 

 size, médian impression very feeble except in front. Scutellum very 

 small but distinctly raised. Elytra narrow^ and deep, base sinuous; 

 with irregular double séries of large partially concealed punctures, 

 with large and small tubercles. Front tibiie apparently edentale. — 

 Length 12-15 mill. 



Ilab. : Queensland : Cairns, Wide Bay (Macleay Muséum), More- 

 ton lîay (^Australian Muséum), Mount Dryander (Aug. Simson), 

 Mackay (G. French); N. S. Wales : Tweed and Richmond Rivers 

 (\V. W. Froggatt). 



In places on some spécimens the scales hâve a faint rosy gloss. 

 The eyes are unusually narrow, even for Lepiops. The sublateral 

 sulci bifurcate posteriorly, one branch of each extending almost 

 straight downwards, the other extending almost to the interocular 

 fovea (the fovea being concealed by the clothing). In front of each 

 eye there is a distinct isolated impression. The scrobes are slightly 

 curved, deep, and suddenly terminate on the lower surface of the 

 rostrum some distance from the eyes. The rostrum is not carinated 

 along the middle, except that starting from the interocular fovea 

 there is a spur which soon bifurcates, each arm then extending for- 

 ward in a zig-zag fashion almost to between insertion of antenna:;. It 

 isnecessaryhowevertoabradethe rostrum to seeofmost of its sculp- 

 ture, butthe bifurcated sulci are quite distinct before abrasion. Some 

 of the elytral tubercles are large but ail are obtuse; before abrasion 

 their positions can be clearly seen, but after abrasion (or in old 

 and dirty spécimens) it is rather diffîcult to place them ail; they are 

 disposed on the interstices as follows : one each on thé second 

 fourth and sixth not far from the base, a small one at the base of 

 the third, a large one near its middle, one (the largest of ail) at the 

 summit of the poslerior declivity (this being almost vertical) and 

 two small ones between i and apex, on the fifth there are three 

 large ones beyond the middle, on the seventli there is a feeble one 

 at base and another one before the middle. There is also a small 

 Catasarciis-like tubercle on the side behind the shoulder. In the 

 maie the body at its deepest part is almost as deep as the length of 

 the elytra and distinctly deeper than Iheir depth ; in the female the 

 depth, although great, is less pronounced. 



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