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STOREUS ELLIPTICUS, 7. sp. 
Male. Elliptic. Dull-red. Head moderately densely (denser 
between eyes than elsewhere) clothed with whitish scales ; 
rostrum moderately densely and almost equally clothed from 
near base almost to antenne. Upper-surface rather densely 
clothed with muddy brown and ochreous-grey scales, giving the 
elytra a feebly tesselated appearance. Under-surface with 
sparse dingy-whitish scales. 
Rostrum almost straight, slightly longer than prothorax; 
acutely costate, costze almost concealed ; apical portion rather 
coarsely punctate, interspaces densely and finely punctate. 
Antenne rather slender ; scape inserted one-fourth from apex of 
rostrum, two-thirds passing, slightly shorter than funicle and 
club combined ; funicle with second-seventh joints apparently 
doubled, tirst longer than second-third, second almost twice the 
length of third, seventh feebly transverse ; club elongate-ovate, 
equal to four preceding joints. Prethoras transverse, apex 
rather suddenly narrowed ; densely punctate. H/ytra elongate- 
cordate, apex scarcely emarginate ; punctures rather feeble and 
elongate, scarcely traceable unless scales are removed. Prosternal 
channel feeble. Abdomen with third and fourth segments feebly 
angular at sides. Anterior fibiw very feebly bisinuate beneath. 
Length, 2} mm.; rostrum, # mm. 
Hab.—Swan River. 
STOREUS DISPAR, 7. sp. 
Male. Elongate-elliptic. Red, metasternnm darker, elytral 
suture narrowly tinged with piceous. Head and base of rostrum 
densely clothed with ochreous-white scales; rostrum from near 
base to middle with the scales arranged in lines, elsewhere non- 
squamose. Upper-surface clothed with pale-ochreous and whitish 
scales, giving it a distinctly tesselated appearance ; the elytra 
with a transverse brown patch about summit of posterior 
declivitv. Under-surface with whitish scales. 
Rostrum thin, almost straight, longer than prothorax and 
scutellum combined; with seven acutely raised costw, which, 
except the extreme lateral ones, terminate just before antenne ; 
apical portion (especially between antenne) rather coarsely 
punctate. Antenne slender; scape inserted one-third from apex 
of rostrum, rather more than half passing, slightly longer than 
funicle and club combined; funicle with all the joints apparently 
feebly doubled, first almost the length of second-fourth, second 
almost the length of third-fourth, seventh transversely triangular; 
club ovate. Prothorax slightly longer than wide, apex rather 
suddenly narrowed, ocular lobes acute. Hlytra elongate- or 
oblong-cordate, apex rather strongly (for the genus) emarginate; 
