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scales, denser on prothorax and head and sparser along middle 

 of under-surface than elsewhere. 



Rostrum moderately stout and curved, no longer than 

 prothorax; basal half punctate-striate, the lateral striae 

 continuous to apex. Prothorax large, moderately transverse, 

 sides strongly rounded, apex much narrower than base; with 

 large partially concealed punctures. Elytra slightly narrower 

 than prothorax, parallel-sided to near apex; punctate- 

 striate, punctures large and partially concealed. Abdomen 

 and metasternum with coarse, partially concealed punctures; 

 two basal segments of former feebly concave in middle. 

 Length, 2J mm. 



Flab. — Tasmania : Swansea, Hobart (A. M. Lea). 



In shape much like the males of many species of Manda- 

 lotus, the dark portion of the 5th interstice terminates slightly 

 before the apex; towards the apex it extends to the 4th and 

 towards the base to the 6th interstices. On the prothorax the 

 scales are condensed to form a distinct median line. 



Variety A. Prothorax with sides rather less strongly 

 inflated and no wider than elytra. Head, suture, sterna, and 

 abdomen not dark; 5th interstice infuscate for a short dis- 

 tance only. Length, 2-2J mm. 



Hab. — Tasmania : Launceston and Hobart. 



This should perhaps have been described as the typical 

 form. 



Variety B. Prothorax as in A, but colour as in the type. 

 Length, 2 mm. 



Hab. — Tasmania: Launceston, 



Variety C. Prothorax as in A, but abdomen paler than 

 sterna. Length, 2 mm. 



Hab. — Tasmania: Swansea. 



MiSOPHRICE VICINA, n. Sp. 



Testaceous-brown; head, tip of rostrum, funicie, club, 

 scutellum, suture, and an elongated postmedian spot on 5th 

 interstice, piceous or black; tarsi pro- and flanks of metaster- 

 num more or less infuscate. Rather sparsely clothed with 

 whitish subsetose scales, absent from most of abdomen. 



Rostrum thin, moderately curved, longer than prothorax, 

 basal third striate, elsewhere smooth and almost impunctate. 

 Prothorax and elytra much as in the preceding species, except 

 that the prothorax is no wider than the elytra and its sides 

 are less rounded, the elytra also are not quite so parallel-sided. 

 Two basal segments of abdomen and metasternum with fine 

 transverse corrugations and large sparse punctures; apical 

 segment foveate in one sex, the two basal feebly concave in 

 the other. Length, IJ-IJ mm. 



