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subtruiicate), its prothorax distinguishes it, from I'ro.i i/rodes 
it is distinguished by the scape passing the apex of the pro- 
thorax, 
MyLLOCE]IUS TlllLlNEATUS, n. SJ). 
Dark reddish-brown ; elytra and ap23endages paler. 
Densely clothed with scales : white on the lower surface, rusty- 
brown, variegated with dingy white on the upper. In addi- 
tion with stout setae, which on the elytra are arranged ir 
regular rows, and scarcely rise above the general level. 
Length, male 5, female 7 mm. 
Hah. — Queensland : Gayndali (Australian Museum). 
Decidedly allied to the preceding species, and placed m 
Myllocerus for the same reasons : but differs in its feeble 
elytral setae and in its larger size, the base of its prothorax is 
also slightl}^ more sinuous : the rostrum slightly diminishes in 
width from base, but not to extreme apex, and is not con- 
cave, and the antennae are rather thin. On abrasion the 
punctures are seen to be much the same, except that those 
on the prothorax are somewhat denser and coarser. In all 
other features of structure, however, the two species are almost 
identical. 
The brown scales are almost absent from the head, form 
three feeble stripes of variable intensity on the prothorax (of 
which the median is alw^ays narrower than the others), and 
are condensed into numerous spots on the elytra, these spots 
(although never eye-like in character) frequently have their 
centres darker than their margins. I have two pairs pinned 
as having been taken in cop., but except for the difference in 
size the sexes ajDpear to be exactly alike. 
Myllocerus exilis, 11. sp. 
Brownish-red, appendages of a rather pale red. Densely 
clothed with white or greyish- white scales (slightly tinged 
with blue or not) : prothorax with three very pale stripes of 
brown, elytra usually with very indistinct brownish spots. 
Setae much as in the preceding species. 
Head moderately convex : eyes briefly elliptic. Rostrum 
shorter than wide, feebly diminishing in width to apex. 
Scrobes moderately distant. First joint of funicle just per- 
ceptibly shorter than second; scape stouter in female than in 
male- Prothora.r in male slightly longer than wide, in female 
very feebly transverse, sides feebly rounded, base the width 
of apex, and rather feebly bisinuate. Eh/tra much wider than 
prothorax, widest at about the middle : striate-punctate. 
Feniora very feebly dentate. Length, 4^-5t\ mm. 
Ilah. — N.W. Australia: Roebourne (C. French). 
A rather thin species : its clothing on the whole is much 
as in the preceding species, except that it is much paler (on 
