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length of funicle and club combined ; funicle with first joint 
slightly longer than second-third, second doubled and longer than 
“third, seventh not transverse; club ovate, moderately long, 
shorter than four preceding joints. Prothorax trausverse, apex 
less produced than usual, considerably narrower (though not 
suddenly lessened) than base, basal two-thirds subparallel, base 
bisinuate; densely punctate. Zlytra elliptic-cordate, apex 
rather distinctly emarginate; seriate - punctate, punctures 
moderately large and subquadrate, lightly striate. Prosternal 
channel feeble, apex feebly emarginate. Metasternum and 
abdomen feebly depressed along middle, third and fourth 
segments of the latter feebly angular at sides. Length, 3 mm.; 
rostrum, 1} mm. 
Hab.—W.A.: Bridgetown. 
STOREUS ARCUATUS, 7. sp. 
Male. Elongate-ovate. Red, elytra with two piceous mark- 
ings—one an almost circular blotch extending from near the 
base to the middle, the other a moderately wide semicircle, com- 
mencing near each side just beyond the middle. Head not very 
closely covered with whitish scales, becoming subfasciculate 
between eyes; rostrum with semierect seriate scales, which 
terminate just before antenne. Upper-surface with pale-ochreous 
or griseous scales, which form feeble lines on the prothorax, 
and feeble spots on the elytra; on the latter they distinctly 
margin the dark basal blotch. Under-surface with sparse 
whitish scales. 
Rostrum feebly curved, distinctly longer than prothorax and 
scutellum combined; with acutely raised subequal coste, 
terminating either level with or just before antenne ; apical 
portion coarsely punctate. Antenne slender; scape inserted two- 
sevenths from apex of rostrum, more than half passing, the 
length of funicle and club; first joint of funicle equal to second- 
third, seventh feebly transverse ; club elliptic, the length of four 
preceding joints. Prothorax strongly transverse, sides rounded, 
apex very feebly produced, and not much narrower than base. 
Elytra scarcely emarginate at apex; striate-punctate, punctures 
rather large and subquadrate; interstices convex. Pvosternal 
channel scarcely defined, apex widely and very feebly emarginate. 
Abdomen with third and fourth segments feebly angular at 
sides. Zegs moderately long; anterior tibiz moderately curved 
throughout. Length, 3£ mm.; rostrum, 1} mm. 
Hab.—W.A.: Swan River, Beverley. 
The prosternal channel is scarcely as well defined as it is in 
S. variegatus. 
