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dentate, prostenium wide, not grooved, front coxse distant, 

 and the pygidinm exposed. According also to Pascoe, "the 

 males of all the species have the rostrum somewhat straighter, 

 with the apical half within closely bearded."^'" 



Of the species hitherto recorded from Australia, harha- 

 fusj seems to be close to imherhis,t but is described as black 

 with the rostrum fuscous, the basal joint of the funicle twice 

 as long as the second, the prothorax with small and sparse 

 punctures, and the elytral interstices ''suhfilifer sparse punc- 

 ttflafis." All of which are at variance with imherhis, apart 

 from its beardless rostrum. There is a bearded male in the 

 Macleay Museum from the Endeavour River which may be 

 harhatus; it is deep black without metallic gloss, the prothora- 

 cic punctures finer than in imherhis (but certainly not 

 sparse), and the punctures in the elytral interstices minute 

 and not transverse; its rostrum, however, is just as dark as 

 the rest of its body. Familiaris is described as a large (5 

 mm.) black species, with the prothorax sparsely punctured, 

 its rostrum is apparently bearded in the male : I do not think 

 that T have seen it. 



Myctides imbekbis, n. sp. 



Black, shining; with ^except on head and rostrum) a 

 metallic purplish ^-loss; antennae obscurely (or not at all) 

 diluted with red. Lower surface and legs moderately densely 

 clothed with white or whitish scales, denser at apex of pro- 

 sternum than elsewhere : upper surface, head, and rostrum 

 glabrous. 



H ('<id with dense, clearly defined but not large punc- 

 tures. Rostrum thin, much longer than prothorax ; with 

 coarse punctures at extreme base and on sides behind an- 

 tennae, small and sparse elsewnere. Scape inserted in mid- 

 dle of rostrum; basal joint of funicle once and one-half the 

 length of second. Prothora.r with fairly dense and rather 

 large clearly-defined punctures, becoming denser and larger 

 on sides. Elytra wide and subcordate, outline almost con- 

 tinuous with that of prothorax ; with distinct striae, towards 

 base with punctures encroaching (especially in the two sutu- 

 ral rows) on interstices, towards sides punctures deeply im- 

 pressed, but not interfering with interstices; these with short 

 transverse scratches instead of ])unctures. Femora finely, but 

 acutely dentate. Length, 4.^-5.', mm. 



TJah. — Queensland: Cooktown (C. French), Kuranda 

 (H. H. D. Griffith). 



* Ann. Mils. Civ. Gen., 1885, p. 293. 

 t Described originally as from Batchian. 



X One of my specimens of this species bears a label, in the 

 Uev. T. Blackburn's Avriting, Myctides harhatus, Pasc. 



