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condensed into feeble spots at the sides and middle of base"^ ; 

 on the elytra the scales are isolated and very sparse. The 

 species may be taken in abundance on Anyophora cordi- 

 fol'ia. 



Baris sororia, n. sp. 



Black, shining ; antennae and tarsi almo&t black. Upper 

 surface (except for a few scales on the scutellar lobe of the 

 prothorax), head, and rostrum glabrous; elsewhere mode- 

 rately clothed with white scales. 



Rostrum slightly longer than the prothorax, its punc- 

 tures and those of head, and the antennae, much as in the 

 preceding species. J/rothorax and elytra of the same shape as 

 in the preceding species, but the punctures of the former 

 rather larger : the punctures of the elytral striae are larger, 

 more numerous, and not confined to the tv/o near the suture, 

 and the interstices have larger jDunctures, many of which are 

 distinctly transverse, and extend almost from stria to stria. 

 Femora feebly dentate. Length, 3 mm. 



Jiah. — -Queensland: Capes Grenville and York, Endea- 

 vour River, Port Denison (Macleay Museum), Cairns (E. 

 Allen). 



Very close to the preceding species, but larger, rostrum 

 shorter, and sides of prothorax without scales; in anyopJioj-cR 

 the scales are very distinct at the sides, but in the present 

 species they are entirely absent. I have examined numerous 

 specimens of both species. 



Baris subopaca, n. sp. 



Black, subopaque. Upper surface with scattered whit- 

 ish scales, condensed into lines on the elytra ; under surface 

 and legs with denser and whiter scales. 



Head with very feeble punctures] except between the 

 eyes. Bostrum the length of prothorax. a feeble depression 

 marking its junction with head, with dense and rather coarse 

 punctures at base and sides, feeble and sublinear in arrange- 

 ment elsewhere. Antennae as in preceding species. Pro- 

 thorax densely and rather coarsely punctate, with traces of a 

 feeble median elevation. Elytra striate, the interstices punc- 

 tate. Femora edentate. Length, 2\ mm. 



Hah.— 'New South Wales : Galston, Sydney (D. Dumbrell 

 and A. M. Lea). 



Of a'decidedly more elongate form than the two preced- 

 ing species, the prothoracic punctures not so clearly defined 



* On numerous specimens the scales on the prothorax just 

 above the scutellum form a very distinct spot, but they are easilv 

 abraded. 



