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testaceis, articulo secundo funiculi primo sesquilongiore, 

 clava ovata, articulo basali haud elongate ; prothorace 

 utrinque rotundato^ apicem versus angustiore, haud co- 

 arctato. supra haud calloso ; scutello subtriangulari ; 

 elytris breviter ovatis, apice rotundatis^ basi subcallosis, 

 humeris paulo productis, supra remote punctatis ; tarsis 

 testaceo-ferrugineis. 



Long. 2^ lin. 



Hah. — King George's Sound. 



PetosieiSj n. g. 



Onidisto valde affinis, sed femoribus sublinearibus, et 

 rima joectorali apice cavernosa. 



In general appearance as well as in characters^ with 

 the exception of the sublinear femora, and the pectoral 

 canal cavernous at the apex, this genus closely agrees 

 with Onidistus. 



Petosiris suhereus. 



P. elliptico-ovatus, supra paulo planatus, fuscus, indu- 

 mento terreo omnino dense vestitus, squamis numero- 

 sis erectis plerumque fasciculatis adspersus ; capite inter 

 oculos depresso, supra oculos squamis erectis obsito; 

 rostro capite plus duplo longiore, fusco, punctulato, ex- 

 trorsum paulo latiore; antennis piceis, articulo secundo 

 funiculi primo duplo longiore; prothorace parum trans- 

 versOj subconico, utrinque leviter rotundato, supra octo- 

 fasciculato-tuberculato, quatuor pone medium transversis 

 obsitis, duobus ante medium, duobus apicalibus fere obso- 

 letis ; elytris obovatis, in medio latioribus, basi prope 

 scutellum humerisque cristato-projectis, postice recte et 

 gradatim angustioribus, apice rotundatis, supra sub- 

 lineatim squamosis, basin versus singulatim cristatis ; 

 tibiis valde flexuosis, nigro-setulosis. 



Long. 4)^ lin. 



Hah. — Queensland. 



Methidrysis, n. g. 



Caput parvura ; rostrum tenue, arcuatum, depressum, 

 basi excepta nudum ; scrohes medianfe, laterales. Oeuli 



