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striate, punctures almost concealed; interstices convex and! 
regular, except that there is a strong and almost conical pre- 
apical callus on the fifth. Under-surface finely punctate. 
Prosternum rather deeply emarginate in front, Intermediate 
intercoxal process flat between coxe, perpendicular in front.. 
Abdomen with straight sutures, third and fourth segments con- 
jointly longer than second or fifth. Legs rather stout ; tibiz as 
wide at apex as at base, somewhat curved at apex ; claw joint as 
long as the rest combined. Length, 64 mm.; rostrum, 1 mm.;. 
width, 3 mm. 
Hab.—Sydney. 
A peculiar species, which might be separated from Destantha 
on account of the unique structure of the rostrum. Nine speci- 
mens were obtained in company under a rotting log. 
DESIANTHA IRRASA, 7. sp. 
Male. Black, claws and base of scapes piceous-red. Upper- 
surface moderately densely clothed with short reddish-brown 
sete, denser on elytral interstices than elsewhere: below with 
shorter and sparser setz than above. 
Head densely punctate, a small fovea between eyes. Rostrum 
the length of prothorax, dilated at apex, base slightly gibbous 3. 
densely punctate ; sides feebly tricostate, coste not visible from 
above. Antenne slender; two basal joints of funicle elongate ;. 
club ovate, free. Prothorax scarcely transverse, slightly convex, 
base and sides rounded ; densely punctate, punctures more or less 
confluent. Scutellum small, transverse, punctate. Hlytra some- 
what flattened, subovate, wider than prothorax, widest about 
middle, arcuate towards apex; base widely emarginate, each 
feebly produced at apex; striate- punctate, punctures large, 
oblong, comparatively shallow ; interstices wide, granulate-punc- 
tate, slightly convex, suture, third, fifth, and seventh feebly 
raised; without preapical callosities. Prosternum rather deeply 
emarginate. Intermediate intercoxal process narrow, slightly 
raised in front. Metasternum coarsely punctate at sides, punc- 
tate and transversely wrinkled across middle. Abdomen densely 
and irregularly punctate, punctures smaller about middle of first 
and second segments than elsewhere, suture between these 
segments slightly curved ; the other sutures deep and straight, 
third and fourth conjointly slightly longer than second or fifth ;. 
fifth concave, except at base. Legs moderately long; femora 
stout, the posterior subpedunculate; tibie somewhat curved, 
wider at apex than at base, with numerous small teeth beneath 3. 
claw joint as long as the rest combined. Length, 7 mm.;. 
rostrum, 2 mm.; width, 33 mm. 
Female. Differs in having the elytra conjointly rounded at 
apex, the abdomen with a depression on first and second: 
