456 Mr. A. M. Lea on 



clothed with stout, depressed, whitish setse, with darker 

 mariiings. 



Head with concealed punctures. Eyes large and coarsely 

 facetted. Rostrum moderately stout and curved, almost 

 parallel-sided, slightly longer than prothorax ; with rows of 

 punctures bearing a distinct median carina, and two feeble 

 ones on each side. Antennae rather thin, inserted one-third 

 from apex of rostrum ; scape the length of funicle ; first 

 joint of the latter stout and slightly longer than second and 

 third combined. Prothorax not much wider than long, 

 sides evenly rounded, base not much wider than apex, and 

 both truncate ; with dense, partially concealed punctures. 

 iL'lytra subcordate, about one-fourth wider than prothorax 

 and about thrice as long, shoulders and sides gently rounded, 

 Avidest near base ; with rows of fairly large, partially con- 

 cealed punctures, the interstices with normally quite concealed 

 ones. Under surface with rather dense punctures. Abdo- 

 men with second to fourth segments distinctly drawn back- 

 wards at sides. Femora stout, lightly but acutely dentate ; 

 appendages to claws rather large. 



Length 2| mm. 



Hab. Queensland : Kuranda. 



A pretty little species, not very close in appearance to any 

 other known Australian species. On the middle of the 

 prothorax the clothing is white, with, on one specimen, a 

 tendency to a linear arrangement, but on the sides it is 

 almost sooty. On the elytra there is a fairly wide median 

 fascia of dark clothing, slightly produced backwards along 

 the suture, and with the sides oblique. Immediately behind 

 it the clothing is whiter than elsewhere, so that it forms a 

 distinct wide V. There are some stouter setae amongst the 

 others, but they are not distinctly elevated. 



Elleschodes macrops, sp. n. 



Piceous brown ; legs and antennae reddish, funicle and 

 tarsi (claw-joints excepted) somewhat darker. Rather 

 densely clothed with stramineous setse. 



Head with concealed punctures. Eyes rather large, 

 coarsely facetted, separated about half the width of base of 

 rostrum. Rostrum slightly longer than prothorax, rather 

 thin, lightly curved, parallel-sided ; with rows of partially 

 concealed punctures separating narrow carinae that terminate 

 between antennae, where the median one is narrowly cleft ; 

 apical third with fairly dense punctures of moderate size and 

 sharply defined. Antennae rather thin, inserted about one- 



