454 Mr. A. M. Lea o?i 



at sides. Pygidium distinct. Legs stout ; femora obtusely 

 dentate ; middle tibiae inflated near base, and narrowed 

 thence to apex, hind tibiae with an inner tooth and a small 

 fascicle near apex ; claws strongly appendiculate. 



Length 2-2^ xnm. 



? . Diff'ers in having the club no darker than the other 

 parts of antennae, abdomen more convex, with the basal 

 segment wider beliiiid hind coxae and four hind tibiae simple. 



Hub. New South Wales: National Park (G. E. Bryant), 

 Sydney (H. W. Cox and A. M. Lea). 



In general appearance like some species of Cyttalia, but 

 rostrum curved, scape shorter, and claws &c. different. In 

 appearance it is something like a very large T. horni^ which 

 also has the club sexually variable in colour, but apart from 

 size, with rostrum longer and thinner and clothing and legs 

 difterent. 



Artematocis, gen, nov. 



Head rather small. Eyes moderately large, coarsely 

 facetted. Rostrum long, thin, and curved. Antennae long 

 and thin ; first joint of funicle moderately long ; club 

 elliptic. Prothorac longer than wide or transverse. Scu- 

 tellum small. Elytra moderately long, distinctly wider than 

 prothorax. Prosternum notched in front, with a distinct 

 canal in front of coxae. Metasternura moderately long. 

 Abdomen rather large, second, third, and fourth segments 

 somewhat curved at sides. Femora moderately stout, eden- 

 tate, shall owly grooved ; front coxae lightly separated ; 

 tibiae compressed ; claws appendiculate. 



Distinguished from Elleschus by the front of the pro- 

 sternum. The pectoral canal at once suggests the Crypto- 

 rhynchides, but the appendiculate claws forbid association 

 with that subfamily. In general appearance the species are 

 somewhat like some of Storeus, but in that genus the claws 

 are simple. From some directions the claws, which are alike 

 on both species, appear to be simple, but from others each is 

 seen to have a large rounded basal appendix. The species 

 diff'er considerably in the length of rostrum and width of 

 prothorax, and it may eventually be considered necessary to 

 generically separate them ; this being the case, A, longi- 

 rostris is designated the type of the genus. 



Artematocis longirostris, sp. n. 



Piceous brown ; rostrum, antennae, and tarsi more or less 

 reddish. Densely clothed with muddy-brown scales, closely 



