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Legs short and stout; front coxae feebly separated; tibiae 

 (comparatively) fe^ebly curved at apex. Length, 3-4A mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Mackay, Darling Downs (C. French), 

 Gayndah (G. Masters), Brisbane (A. Jefferis Turner), Towns- 

 ville (H. H. D. Griffith). 



Although there are twelve specimens before me, the scales 

 of the upper surface are so uniformly covered with mud (^) 

 that it is only in small spots that they can be seen : judging 

 by these the clothing is very dense, and more or less greyish- 

 white ; but above the mud, stout, brown, almost perfectly erect 

 setae arise to a considerable heis^ht, both on prothorax and 

 elytra. The under surface and legs are very densely covered 

 with muddy-grey scales interspersed with numerous and 

 rather thin whitish setae. If the sexes are before me T am 

 unable to distinguish them. The front coxae are almost 

 touching (with tKe clothing in position they appear to be in 

 actual contact), the middle tibiae are separated by a quite 

 round tubercular elevation, but this is usually obscured by 

 scales and mud. The granules of the prothorax, which are 

 very distinctive of this species, and elytral punctures are 

 entirely concealed before abrasion. With the exception of 

 the following species, the scape is stouter than in any other 

 known to me. 



Mandalotus crassicornis, n. sp. 



Black or dark reddish-brown, appendages paler. Densely 

 clothed with light-brown scales, mottled in places. With 

 fairly stout, rather sparse setae, sparser on alternate interstices 

 of elytra than elsewhere ; under-surface with fine setae. Tibiae 

 finely ciliated in male, but not in female. 



JRostrum stout, carina covered with scales, but distinctly 

 traceable throughout. Antennae stout, scape very stout. Pro- 

 thorar moderately transverse, sides strongly and regularly 

 rounded ; median line distinct : with numerous flattened, 

 rounded, or irregular granules, clearly traceable through 

 clothing. Elytra elongate-cordate, conjointly rather feebly 

 arcuate at base ; with rows of round punctures, distinctly nar- 

 rower than interstices, and appearing very much narrower 

 through clothing: alternate interstices feebly raised. Abdo- 

 men with basal segment gently concave in male, feebly convex 

 in female. T.ega stout: front coxae feebly separated: front 

 tibiae feebly curved at apex. Length, 4^-45 mm. 



TJah. — New South Wales: Sydney (on sea-beaches, Tay- 

 lor Bros.) : Queensland: Brisbane (A. Jefferis Turner). 



(3) I was not able to remove this without at the same time 

 removino: the clothing, even on soaking for several honrs in 

 water. 



