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and shallowly punctate. Scutellum transverse, semicircular, 
finely punctate. Hlytra much wider than prothorax, shoulders 
slightly rounded, sides in male parallel to near apex, in female 
slightly dilating to beyond the middle; feebly striate, strongly 
punctate, punctures larger and closer together in male than in 
female; interstices feebly convex, highly polished and scarcely 
visibly punctate, in female wider than punctures, in male wider 
on disc, narrower on sides. Under-surface minutely punctate, 
metasternum almost microscopically transversely corrugate. 
Legs rather long; femora thickened, all (but especially the 
posterior pair) very strongly dentate. Length, male, 34 mm.; 
rostrum, 1 mm.; width, 14 mm. (female, length, 42 mm.; rostrum, 
12 mm.). 
' Hab.—Galston (on Banksia sp., Dumbrell and Lea). 
Very distinct from any previously described species. 
MyosITTA BANKSI®, %. sp. 
Of an uniform (except that the antenne and legs are very 
slightly paler) and rather dark-red. Sides of prothorax with 
yellowish pubescence; elytra with sparse, semi-erect, stout, yellow 
setz ; under-surface very sparsely pubescent (except in front of 
anterior coxe, between and at sides of intermediate and at sides 
of posterior cox). 
Head densely punctate, moderately coarsely between eyes, 
finely towards base; eyes large, subovate, larger and more 
prominent in male than in female. Rostrum of male the length 
of prothorax, distinctly curved; strongly punctate; with a distinct 
longitudinal impression between antenne ; of female considerably 
longer than prothorax, and almost straight. Antenne as in pre- 
ceeding, except that the scape is longer than the funicle. 
Prothorax transverse, sides rounded, base but little wider than 
apex ; moderately densely but shallowly punctate ; with an almost 
impuncate median line. Scwtellum small, subtriangular. Hlytra 
much wider than prothorax, shoulders rounded ; sides in female 
parallel to near apex, in male very feebly decreasing from 
shoulders ; striate-punctate, punctures moderately large ; inter- 
stices wider than punctures, convex, and frequently transversely 
impressed, so that each appears to be composed of feeble oblong 
spaces having a slightly granulate appearance. Under-surface 
highly polished, very minutely punctate. Legs moderately long ; 
femora thickened, posterior very strongly dentate, the others 
rather feebly dentate. Length, male, 41 mm.; rostrum, 1 mm.; 
width, 12 mm. (female, length, 44 mm.; rostrum, 12 mm.). 
Hab.—Galston (on several species of Banksia, Dumbrell and 
Lea). 
