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With moderately dense, suberect setae, usually dark, but whit- 

 ish in places. 



Uofifrtu)!, scape, and profJtorax much as in the preceding 

 species. Ehjfra regularly arcuate at base; with series of large 

 round punctures, as wide as interstices or wider, but appear- 

 ing much smaller through clothing; interstices regular. .1 hdo- 

 men with small more or less concealed granules, all the sutures 

 straight; basal segment at apex with a depressed shining al- 

 most straight carina, extending across less than one-third of 

 apex. Legs, stout; front coxae feebly separated; tibiae rather 

 feebly curved and all more or less feebly denticulate below. 

 Length, 3|--3| mm. 



Female. Differs in having narrower prothorax and wider 

 elytra, simple abdomen and straighter tibiae. 



Hah. — Tasmania: Hobart (on sea-beach. A. M. Lea). 



On the elytra the bulk of the scales are of a rather pale 

 brown, with the sooty scales in irregular blotches; on the pro- 

 thorax the sooty scales cover a larger area than the paler ones. 

 In one of the two males before me both hind tibiae have a 

 minute inner tooth about one-third from apex. The claws are 

 as close together as in the preceding species, from which it is 

 readily distinguished by the straight abdominal suture, in 

 consequence of which the basal segment is fully twice the 

 length of the second along the middle, instead of about once 

 and a half as in that species. From hryoyharjus it is dis- 

 tinguished by the slightly separated front coxae and regularly 

 arcuate bas3 of elytra, etc. 



Mandalotus arciferus, n. sp. 



Male. Black; antennae, tibiae, and tarsi reddish. Densely 

 clothed with muddy-brown scales ; with rather long suberect 

 setae. Tibiae with a rath-er thin fringe of long cilia. 



Rostrum with carina rather feebly traceable through 

 clothing. Antennae thin ; scape rather suddenly thickened at 

 apex; first joint of funicle fully once and one-half the length 

 of second. Prothorax feebly transverse, sides strongly but not 

 uniformly rounded ; median line narrow and usually conceal- 

 ed ; closely covered with large, flattened, and more or less 

 rounded granules, not very distinctly traceable through cloth- 

 ing. Elytra trisinuate at base, base not quite as wide as near 

 apex of prothorax ; with subtubercular elevations in places ; 

 with series of large, round, more or less irregular, and usually 

 concealed punctures. Abdomen with a semi-circular, fiat, 

 shining basal space on basal segment, marked outwardly by 

 a distinct carina, apex strongly incurved to middle. Legs 

 stout; front coxae widely, the middle still more widely sepa- 

 rated ; tibiae rather thin^ the front pair strongly bisinuate be- 



