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STOREUS DORSALIS, 7. sp. 
Male. Elliptic-ovate. Piceous-black, apex of prothorax, sides 
-of elytra, apex of abdomen, legs, rostrum, and antenne reddish. 
Head moderately clothed with dingy-whitish scales, dense between 
eyes; rostrum rather sparsely squamose at extreme base, and 
with fine white sete from near base to antenne. Prothorax 
with a large dorsal patch of blackish scales, the margins with 
two feeble stripes of ochreous; elytra also with a large dorsal 
dark patch which commmences at the base and is continued to 
beyond the middle, a few whitish scales—scarcely, however, 
affecting its appearance—scattered about; its sides are rather 
uneven, and are bounded hy rather pale-ochreous scales ; beyond 
the patch and extending to the apex is a small patch of brownish 
scales. Under-surface with white, the legs with pale-ochreous 
scales. 
Rostrum feebly curved, scarcely longer than prothorax ; with 
sharply-raised costze (of which, however, the median one is feeble 
and somewhat irregular), terminating either level with or just in 
front of antenne; apical portion sparsely but moderately strongly 
punctate. Antenne rather stout; scape inserted three-sevenths 
from apex of rostrum, just passing apex, shorter than funicle ; 
first joint of funicle slightly longer than second-third, seventh 
transverse ; club ovate, almost the length of four preceding 
joints. Prothorax rather strongly transverse, apex not much 
narrower than base, but rather suddenly lessened, ocular lobes 
feeble; densely punctate. Hlytra oblong-cordate, apex con- 
jointly rounded ; striate-punctate, strize very feeble. Prosternal 
channel distinct, apex moderately emarginate. Abdomen with 
third and fourth segments strongly drawn backwards at sides. 
Claw joint of anterior éarsi rather strongly exserted. Length, 
22 mm.; rostrum, } mm. 
Hab.—N.8.W.: Tamworth. 
Possibly close to H. umbrosa (Blkb.), but without “an un- 
usually short robust antennal club;’ appears to be close to 
ocellata (Blkb.), but the dark elytral patch is continued to beyond 
the middle, and the prothorax is without inequalities. 1 have 
two specimens, and both are males. 
STOREUS INDISTINCTUS, 7. Spo 
Male. Elliptic-ovate. Dark-red, elytra stained with piceous 
about the middle. Clothing somewhat resembling the preceding, 
but the dark patches on both prothorax and elytra are rather 
feebly defined, and are bounded by dingy ochreous scales. 
Rostrum with much feebler coste than in the preceding ; 
prosternal channel not so distinct, apex less deeply emarginate; 
abdomen with third and fourth segments less angular at sides, 
