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The clothing is so dense that the colour and sculpture, except 
of the rostrum, can only be seen by disarranging the scales. The 
species would fall besides parallela in Mr. Blackburn’s tabulation. 
With it, however, it has very little in common. 
MISOPHRICE VIRIDISQUAMA, 7%. Sp. 
Black ; abdomen piceous-red, antenne piceous ; rather sparsely 
clothed with vivid green scales, the elytral interstices each witha 
single line of scales, rostrum glabrous ; under-surface with green 
scales at the sides behind the mesosternum ; elsewhere irregularly 
clothed. 
Rostrum considerably longer than prothorax, parallel-sided 
towards apex, base grooved ; towards apex with oblong, distant, 
seriate punctures. Scape inserted distinctly nearer base than 
apex of rostrum, much shorter than funicle ; first joint of funicle 
large, obconic, longer than second-third combined, second-sixth 
subcylindrical, feebly decreasing in length. Prothorax trans- 
verse, apex about one-fifth narrower than base ; densely and 
strongly punctate. Hlytra considerably wider than prothorax, 
shoulders square, sides feebly increasing to beyond the middle, 
apex emarginate ; striate-punctate, punctures large, subquadrate, 
subapproximate ; interstices convex, as wide, wider, or narrower 
than punctures according to position, rather densely punctate. 
Prosternum scarcely visibly emarginate. Basal segments of 
abdomen flattened in middle or very feebly concave. Front 
coxe less distinctly separated than the middle pair. Length, 
14 mm.; rostrum, ? mm. 
Hab.—Sydney. 
Differs from Anarciarthrum viride (which it resembles to a 
remarkable degree both as regards sculpture and clothing), in 
having thinner legs, slightly sparser clothing, shorter rostrum, 
decidedly shorter scape (and which is inserted nearer the base of 
rostrum), longer and different punctures of rostrum, and in the 
number of joints in the funicle. I can by no means regard the 
two species as belonging to different genera. The head of each 
species, when removed from the prothorax*, is exactly of the same 
shape, and (except in the other species of Misophrice having the 
apex of prothorax wide) is different to that of any other species 
with which I am acquainted in the subfamily. 
MISOPHRICE VITIATA, 7. sp. 
Reddish ; head, meso- and mesosternum, scutellum and club 
black; rostrum dark-red, anteniz pale red, apical joints of club 
infuscate ; elytra blotched with piceous beyond the middle, the 
* The head (except as to the eyes) resembles to a certain extent that of 
Moysitta cirrifera and other species of that genus, when in position. 
