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Mandalotus simulator, n. sp. 



Male. Black, in places dull red; antennae and parts of 

 legs reddish. Densely clothed with pale mnddy-brown scales, 

 feebly variegated in places with paler and darker scales ; legs 

 feebly alternately banded with pale and dark scales. With 

 stout, suberect setae, varying from pure white to almost black : 

 tibiae with sparse ciliation in addition to setae. 



Bostriim without visible carina. Two basal joints of 

 funicle equal in length. Froth orax feebly transverse, sides 

 strongly rounded, with a distinct median line ; with obtuse, 

 quite-concealed granules. ^eutdhi'rn small but distinct. 

 Elytra conjointly arcuate at base (but apparently trisinuate 

 from some directions, owing to thickening of the third inter- 

 stices at base), subtuberculate in places ; with rows of large 

 round punctures. Mesosternum with a laminated process 

 about as long as wide. Abdomen with basal segments flat in 

 middle. Ler/s stout; front coxae widely separated : front tibiae 

 strongly curved at apex. Length 4-5 J mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Nepean River (A. J. Coates). 



So far as it is possible to judge before abrasion, one of 

 the specimens is entirely of a rather pale red or livid yellow, 

 two others aj^pear to ha,ve the body entirely dark, except for 

 the tubercular elevations, which are of a rather dull red : the 

 femora of one of these latter are almost black, but in the other 

 they are not much darker than the tibiae. The elytra appear 

 to have numerous feeble whitish spots in two of the three 

 specimens before me : their setae are not regularly distributed, 

 and are almost confined to the alternate interstices : the abdo- 

 men is not so densely clothed as the upper surface. The ely- 

 tral punctures appear to be rather small, but on abrasion 

 many are seen to be even wider than the interstices. The 

 intercoxal process of the mesosternum is distinctly shorter 

 than in ho^iloHetlms, and convex (instead of flattened) at its 

 base, but then curved round as in that species. 



Mandalotus variabilis, n. sp. 



Male. Black or dark brown ; legs (wholly or in part) and 

 antennas of a dull red. Densely clothed with muddy or slaty- 

 brown scales, variegated with patches or spots of paler scales. 

 Densely clothed with rather long and fine setae, depressed on 

 prothorax, suberect on elytra ; under-surface and legs with 

 rather dense fine setae, but with scales very sparse and confin- 

 ed to small spots. 



Rostrvm with narrow and well-defined carina. Antennae 

 rather stout. Prothorax with strongly-rounded sides, with 

 numerous shining unipunctuate granules. SrufeJIi/m small but 

 distinct. Elyti-a conjointly arcuate at base, with series of 



