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stricto et valde angustcato ; elytris punctulato striatis, inter- 

 stitiis alternis subcostatis, callo subapicali valde distincto. 

 Long, (rostr. excl.), 2^ 1.; lat., l-^-^ 1. 

 An insect which I believe to be the male of this species is in 

 the collection of Mr. Lea. Its rostrum is shorter (scarcely twice 

 as long as the prothorax) ; its front tibia? are fringed internally 

 in their apical half with very long whitish hairs, and its under- 

 surface is longitudinally sulcate, the sulcus ending on the apical 

 ventral segment in a large transversely oval impression; the 

 scales on its head, the middle of its prothorax, and the front half 

 of its elytra are of a dark -brown colour. The peculiar shape of 

 the prothorax and very remarkable sculpture of the elytra are as 

 in the type ; it is from the same locality. The prosternum is in- 

 distinctly concave in front of the coxte, 

 N.S. Wales ; Gosford. 



EPAMCEBUS (gen. nov. Erirhininariim. ) 

 Corpus squamis setiformibus adpressis vestitum ; rostrum sat 

 gracile, modice elongatum (maris quam feminie brevius), sat 

 arcuatum, subcylindricum ; scrobes laterales (maris ante- 

 median?e, feminfe mediame) ; scapus oculum vix attingens ; 

 funiculus 7-aii:iculatus ; oculi grosse granulati ; prothorax 

 sat brevis, antice angustatus, basi bisinuata, lobis ocularibus 

 nullis : scuteilum distinctum ; elytra quam prothorax 

 manifeste latiora, ovalia : prosternum antice vix emargina- 

 tum, ante coxas sat elongatum ; cox^e intermedia^ inter se 

 sat distantes ; femora mutica ; tibia; antic^e haud mucronatie ; 

 tarsorum articuli basales 2 breves, 3^ alte bilobo, 4° quam 

 ceteri conjuncti haud multo breviori ; unguiculi divaricati ; 

 segmenta ventralia 3""^ 4'"" que conjuncta quam 2""" vLx 

 breviora, ultimo sat brevi : sutune \entrales intermedite 

 recta'. 

 E, scutellaris, sp. nov. Ovalis ; rufo-testaceus, corpore subtus 

 antennarum clava et (nonnuUorum exemplorum) prothorace 

 infuscatis ; squamis setiformibus alljidis ornatus ; rostro 

 quam prothorax (maris vix, feminje manifeste) longiori, supra 

 punctulato ; antennis minus elongatis, funiculi articulo 

 basali elongato, ceteris brevibus ; prothorace transverso^ 

 antice angustato, supra sat grosse nee rugulose punctulato, 

 pone apicem leviter constricto, lateribus leviter arcuatis ; 

 scutello dense alV)0-squamoso; elytris vix striatis seriatim 

 punctulatis, humeris obtusis. Long, (rostr. inch), 1 1. ; 

 lat., f 1. 

 The whitish hair-like scales are not very conspicuous or closely 

 set, except on the scuteilum, and in some parts are much more 

 sparse than in others, giving the appearance of ill-defined denuded 



