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ExiTHiuSj n. g. 



Rostrum tenae { i minus), arcuatuin; scrohes subme- 

 dianas, paulo obliquae, Ocw/i rotundati, grosse gvanulati. 

 8capus gradatim incrassatus ; funiculus 7-articulatus, 

 articulo prirao majore, secundobreviore, ceeteris successive 

 brevioribus et latioribus ; clava oblongo-ovata. Protho- 

 rax transversim subquadratus, depressus, apice in medio 

 productus. Elytra breviuscula, prothorace haud latiora, 

 parum convexa, postice declivia, humeris vix productis. 

 Femora medio incrassata, subtus unidentata ; tibice 

 flexuosse, posticae subrectae exceptae, apice oblique unci- 

 natte; torsi breviusculi, articulo tertio bilobo ; unguiculi 

 liberi. Metasternum brevissimum. Abdomen segmentia 

 duobus basalibus per-amplis. Episteryia metathoracis 

 occulta. 



Allied to Chcetectetorus, notwithstanding that the latter 

 has its metathoracic episterna very distinct, but with 

 large facets to the eyes, and differently formed prothorax, 

 elytra, and tibi«. Cryptorhynchus cariosus, Er., which 

 has, inter alia, deeply punctured elytra, appears to be 

 congeneric. 



Exithius capucinus. (PL V, fig. 2.) 



E, niger, squamositate fusca vel fusco-brunnea tectus ; 

 capite inter oculos setuloso- cristate ; rostro prothorace 

 paulo breviore, confertim punctate, dimidio basali squamis 

 erectis praedito; antennis ferrugineis, nitidis, parce pilo- 

 sis ; prothorace subtransverso, apice bituberculato, antice 

 transversim excavato-depresso, medio tuberculis duobus 

 parvis notato, angulis posticis rotundatis ; scutello in- 

 conspicuo ; elytris seriatim punctatis, parte basali vage 

 granulata et bituberculata, ante apicem angustioribus, 

 apice ipso rotundato; abdomine confertim foveato ; pedi- 

 bus squamosis. 



Long. 2^ lin. 



Hab. — Tasmania. 



Bephaeus, n. g. 



Eostrum modice elongatum, arcuatum, lateraliter sul- 

 catum; scrobes profundae, prsemedianae, laterales, oculos 



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