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ad apicem bicalcaratse (nonnullorum exemploriim calcare uno 

 carenti ; ? abi'upto) ; tarsi elongati, articulo 3^ bilobo, V 

 quam T^* vix longiori; unguiculi divergentes ; segmentum 

 ventrale 2'^'^ quam 3"^'" i"""" que conjuncta longius, quam 

 ultimum brevius, suturis intermediis ad latera angulatis. 



The facies of this genus is very much like that of xioplocnemis, 

 from Avliich it differs by its quadrangular (in transverse section) 

 rostrum with lateral scrobes, its prosternum notably shorter in 

 front of the coxa?, the shorter third and fourth segments and the 

 longer fifth segment of its abdomen ; its intermediate ventral 

 sutures distinctly produced hindward at the sides, its bi-calcarate 

 front tibiae resembling those of Hedyopis, &c. The additional 

 mucro of the front tibiae must, I think, be easily broken off, as it 

 is wanting on one tibia in one of the examples before me, and on 

 both in another example. The quadrangular form of the rostrum 

 is also found in JSfemestra, but the rostrum of that genus is very 

 much more robust, and it differs also in many other characters. 



P. notatus, sp. nov. Minus nitidus ; rufus, corpore subtus et 

 antennarum clava infuscatis ; squamis niveis ornatus, his in 

 prothorace vittas 2 (in elytris breviter continuatas) et in 

 elytris fascias singulas obliquas postmedianas nee latera nee 

 suturam attingentes formantibus ; rostro quam prothorax 

 (maris vix, feminje manifeste) longiori, ad basin punctulato 

 et longitudinaliter striate, antice fere laevi ; antennis sat 

 elongatis, funiculi articulis 1' 2' que conjunctis (hoc quam 

 illo longiori) quam ceteri conjuncti vix brevioribus ; capita 

 prothoraceque sat grosse punctulatis ; elytris sulcato- 

 punctulatis, interstitiis subcostatis, sul)tiliter granulatis, 

 humeris obtusis. Long, (rostr. inch), 2-2 J 1. ; lat., 4—/^ 1. 

 S. Australia. 

 N.B. — A Victorian example, in very l^ad condition, is probably 



a variety, differing in the much longer fascia of the elytra, which 



almost reaches both suture and lateral margins. 



DESIANTIIA. 



D. cittata, sp. nov. Oblonga ; nigra ; antennis (clava excepta) 

 pedibusque plus minusve rufescentibus, supra squamis piceis 

 griseo-brunneisque intermixtis vestita (his in prothorace 

 • trivittatim dispositis, in elytris interstitia alterna vestient- 

 ibus) ; rostro robusto quam prothorax vix longiori, longitudin- 

 aliter sat fortiter strigato ; funiculi articulo basali quam 

 2us yj^ longiori; prothorace leviter trans verso crebre ruguloso; 

 elytris sat fortiter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis alternis 

 leviter convexis ; tibiis anticis intus subtiliter denticulatis. 

 Long, (rostr. inch), 2|-3 1. ; lat., 1-U 1. 



