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cordate, conjointly arcuate at base, shoulders strongly round- 

 ed ; with series of large, almost concealed punctures ; inter- 

 stices regular. Abdomen with a large granule or small 

 tubercle on each side, near apex of middle of basal segment. 

 Legs stout; front coxae touching; tibiae not strongly curved. 

 Length, 4 mm. 



Female. Differs in being wider, abdomen simple, tibiae 

 straighter, and elytral jounctures smaller. 



//r^/v.— Queensland : Cairns (E. Allen). 



The majority of the setae should perhaps be regarded as 

 scales, as they are much wider than is usually the case with 

 setae, each also is pale at its tip ; on the disc of both protho- 

 rax and elytra they are wider than elsewhere, and on the 

 elytra they are arranged in quite regular rows. Before 

 abrasion the elytral punctures appear to be rather small, and 

 many are quite concealed, but after abrasion those of the 

 male are seen to be wider than the interstices, whilst those 

 of the female are usually not as wide as the interstices. 



Mandalotus tuberculiventris, n. sp. 



Male. Black; antennae and parts of legs of a dull red. 

 Densely clothed with muddy brown scales, variegated in 

 places (especially on the prothorax) with paler scales. With 

 moderately dense, stout setae ; on the elytra sparser than else- 

 where, not regularly distributed, and almost confined to alter- 

 nate interstices. Tibiae with rather sparse ciliation. 



Rostrum with narrow and usually concealed carina. Scape 

 but slightly dilated towards apex. Prothorax with sides 

 strongly rounded ; a narrow but deep median line ; appar- 

 ently without granules. Elytra conjointly arcuate at base, 

 with rows of large partially-concealed punctures ; interstices 

 with tubercular swellings in places, especially about summit 

 of posterior declivity. Basal segment of ahdowen with a very 

 distinct median tubercle. Legs stout; front and middle coxae 

 widely separated, the separation of about equal width ; tibiae 

 rather strongly curved. Length, 5 mm. 



Female. Differs in having the prothorax narrower and 

 elytra wider, abdomen simple, tibiae less curved, etc. 



//rt6.— New South Wales: Sydney (A. M. Lea). 



The legs are feebly annulated ; on the elytra there are 

 usually small dingy whitish spots of scales and setae ; the 

 paler scales of the prothorax are yellowish-brown. On abra- 

 sion the prothorax is seen to have no granules on the disc, but 

 rather large and very feeble ones at sides, these being quite 

 concealed normally. Viewed directly from above or below the 

 hind tibiae appear to be suddenly narrowed from about their 

 middle. 



