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Mandalotus bryophagus, n. sp. 



Male. Blackish; antennae and legs (wholly or in part) 

 of a rather bright red. Densely clothed with pale muddy 

 brown scales, feebly mottled with paler and darker scales. 

 Setae pale and moderately numerous. 



Ito^frum without visible carina. Second joint of funicle 

 very slightly longer than first. ProtJiorax transverse, sides 

 strongly rounded ; with numerous rather large, round, flatten- 

 ed granules, concealed by but traceable through clothing ; 

 median line absent. Elytra trisinuate at base ; with rows of 

 large but more or less concealed punctures. Abdomen with 

 all the sutures straight, basal segment with a narrow, feebly- 

 curved carina extending across about one-third of, and almost 

 at, the apex. Legs stout, front coxae touching ; tibiae less 

 strongly curved than usual. Length, 3^-3 J (female, 4-4|) mm. 



Female. Differs in being larger and wider, abdomen more 

 convex and simple, tibiae straighter, etc. 



Hah. — Tasmania: Frankford, Hobart (A. M. Lea). 



The scape is usually darker than the funicle, the middle 

 of the femora and of the tibiae are usually darker than the 

 other parts of those limbs ; the apical segments of the abdo- 

 men are sometimes reddish. The mottlingf of the upper sur- 

 face is usually very slight, but in some specimens the paler 

 or darker scales appear as small distinct spots. On the elytra 

 the setae, although not confined to the first, third, and fifth 

 interstices, are more conspicuous on those than on the others. 

 On abrasion, the elytral punctures of the male are seen to be 

 very large and round, in places being twice the width of the 

 interstices; in the female they are usually about the width 

 of the interstices. These before abrasion appear to be much 

 wider (in both sexes) than the punctures ; in some specimens 

 also they appear to be feebly alternately raised. The tri- 

 sinuation of the elytra is caused by the third interstice being 

 subtuberculate at base. The suture between the first and sec- 

 ond abdominal segments is perfectly straight ; a most un- 

 usual feature, although not unique in the genus. The carina 

 of the basal segment, although sufiiciently distinct, is apt to 

 be partially concealed by the clothing. The seven specimens 

 before me M^ere all taken in moss. 



Mandalotus Blackburni, n. sp. 



Male. Black ; funicle, club, and tarsi reddish. Densely 

 clothed with dark slaty-brown or sooty-brown scales, some- 

 what paler on undersurface ; legs feebly or not at all annu- 

 lated. With rather dense stout setae. 



Eostrinn with a narrow carina, concealed by but dis- 

 tinctly traceable through clothing. Scape moderately but 



