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third with numerous (the others with few or none) small shin- 

 ing setose granules ; punctures not very distinct through cloth- 

 ing, and on abrasion narrower than interstices. U nder-sur- 

 face with small shining granules, more numerous and rather 

 larger on abdomen than elsewhere. Basal segment of ahdo- 

 nien feebly incurved at apex, with a strong carina extending 

 about half way across near (its middle on) the apex, mode- 

 rately curved at sides, its middle very feebly incurved. Legs 

 moderately stout ; front coxae widely separated ; femora with 

 a few minute granules ; tibiae granulate below, front pair 

 strongly curved, the others almost straight. Length, 7 mm. 

 Eah. — Tasmania: Mount Wellington (A. M. Lea). 

 Each granule of both upper and lower surfaces bears a 

 seta, although all the setae do not rise from granules. 



In general appearance close to the preceding species, 

 but the prothorax slightly shorter ; the elytra with granules 

 larger, more numerous, and quite distinct before abrasion, 

 not so strongly trisinuate at base, the shoulders more ad- 

 vanced, subtuberculate only at base, the punctures smaller, 

 the hind tibiae and the abdominal granules and carina dif 

 ferent. 



Two females, from Hobart and Launceston, probably be- 

 long to this species; they differ from the male in having the 

 prothorax feebly transverse, the elytra with numerous pallid 

 spots, the abdomen more convex and non-carinate, the tibiae 

 straighter, and the granules on the legs not quite so con- 

 spicuous. 



Mandalotus carinativentris, n. sp. 

 Male. Black; antennae and legs dull red. Densely 

 clothed with muddy-brown, mottled with paler and darker, 

 scales ; legs feebly ringed ; with rather long and stout setae, 

 less numerous and regular but more conspicuous on elytra 

 than on prothorax. 



Rostrum with carina concealed by clothinsf, but distinct- 

 ly traceable throughout. Prothorax apparently as long as 

 wide, sides strongly and evenly rounded ; median line par- 

 tially concealed ; with dense, round, flat, fairly large granules, 

 distinctly traceable through clothing. Elytra with basal ar- 

 cuation feebly sinuous ; with regular rows of large, partially- 

 concealed punctures ; interstices very feebly alternately rais- 

 ed, the first to third with minute shining granules. Abdo- 

 men with numerous small granules on first and fifth seg- 

 ments, and a few very indistinct ones on second ; first feebly 

 incurved at apex, with a strong, shining, feebly-curved carina, 

 the middle of its apex on apex of segment. Legs strong ; 

 front coxae widely separated : tibiae granulate below, the front 

 pair strongly curved towards apex, apex itself (as also that 



