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Female. Differs in being larger and wider, elytra more 

 rounded, abdomen more convex, and tibiae straighter. 



//r/7>.— New South Wales: Muswellbrook (E. W. Fergu- 

 son). 



More or less ochreous scales cover the rostrum, j^arts of 

 the head, sides of the prothorax (and usually a small discal 

 spot), and the fourth interstices near the base ; the legs are 

 feebly ringed, the rings varying from whitish to ochreous. 

 Towards the apex of the elytra the scales are mottled-grey and 

 sooty, the mottling variable. The spot on the fourth inter- 

 stice of each elytron appears sometimes as a stripe confined 

 to that interstice, and extending from the base to about two- 

 fifths from the base : sometimes it appears in a more rounded 

 and isolated form, and extends to the third and fifth inter- 

 stices ; and it varies considerably in size, but on the five speci- 

 mens before me it is always present and sufficiently conspicu- 

 ous. The prothoracic granules are much as in similis, from 

 which species, however, it is readily distinguished by the cili- 

 ation of the front tibiae of the male. The colours, both of 

 derm and scales, are also different. 



Mandalotus maculatus, n. sp. 



Male. Black, appendages and apex of abdomen red. 

 Moderately clothed with greyish and darker scales ; legs feebly 

 ringed. Setae subdecumbent, rather sparse, and varying from 

 white to dark-brown. Front tibiae scarcely ciliated. 



Rostrum with carina uncovered at tip only, but trace- 

 able throughout. Antennae thin ; club comparatively large. 

 Prothorax flattened ; moderately transverse, sides rather sud- 

 denly lessened towards base and apex ; median line feeble ; 

 densely and rather coarsely punctured. Elytra rather indis- 

 tinctly trisinuate at base, considerably wider than prothorax, 

 sides subparallel to apical third ; with series of large round- 

 ed punctures, about the width of interstices, but appearing 

 much smaller through clothing ; interstices feebly alternately 

 raised. Abdomen with basal segment almost flat in middle. 

 Legs stout ; front coxae touching ; front tibiae rather feebly 

 trisinuate. Length, 3-^- mm. 



Female. Differs in being more robust, basal segment of 

 abdomen quite distinctly convex, and tibiae straighter. 



H<ib. — Tasmania: Hobart, Mount Wellington, Bruni 

 Island, ITuon River (A. M. Lea). 



In some specimens the apex of the rostrum and of the pro- 

 thorax and the whole of the abdomen are more or less reddish. 

 The clothing is less dense than usual, and the pale scales on 

 the elytra appear as feeble spots ; both shape and markings 

 are very suggestive of Deslavfha macidafa. The prothoracic 



