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elongate scales, varying on different specimens from a strami- 
neous yellow to an ochreous red : prothorax with a basal spot 
and two sublateral stripes : elytra witJi numerous distinct 
spots of scales, the interspaces with small and obscure sooty 
scales. Metasterna] episterna each with a distinct row. 
J] end densely punctate : ocular fovea distinct : eyes 
ovate, separation less than width of rostrum at base. Ros- 
trum feebly curved, sides very feebly incurved to middle: 
male densely and strongly punctate, punctures leaving five 
irregular ridges to antennae : female less coarsely punctate, 
and with only the median ridge moderately distinct. Scape 
the length of funicle : in male inserted one-third from apex ; 
in female two-fifths. Vroi norar strongly transverse, densely 
punctate, punctures in places feebly confluent, with or with- 
out a feeble median line. Srutellinti oblong-ovate. Eh/fra 
about once and one-third the width of and more than twice 
the length of prothorax : shoulders oblique ; seriate-punctate, 
punctures suboblong, feebly connected : interstices much 
wider than punctures, the third, fifth, and seventh acutely 
raised, the ridges shining. J/e.^o^frrnal plate moderately 
transverse, depressed, and feebly concave. Metasternum 
rather densely punctate, the episterna each with a single row 
of punctures- Abdomen with moderately larg'e and shallow 
punctures on first segment, smaller and sparser on second, 
smaller and dense on fiftli : third and fourth combined, slightly 
longer than second, each with a single row of punctures. 
LeffSf moderately long ; femora rather strongly dentate : pos- 
terior tibiae with punctures in feeble series. Length, 6 (vix.) : 
rostrum, 1| : width, 3 : variation in length, 4^-6^ mm. 
TJdh. — Tasmania: Launceston (A. Simsoii), Hobart iH. 
H. D. Griffith, in Acacia galls: A. M. Lea, under bark). 
May be distinguished from all previously described species 
by the alternate interstices of the elytra being triangularly 
raised to the base, with the ridges shining : fond ii.< has the 
alternate interstices raised, but not- triangularly, nor are they 
shining ; ahcrrai}^ has somewhat similar interstices, but the 
ridges are not continued to the base, and the antennae are 
very difTerent : rinosffs has all the interstices raised and the 
eyes widely separated. 
POKOPTERUS NODOSUS, n. Sp. 
Moderately densely clothed with greyish-brown and small 
but moderately long scales, becoming ochreous-brown on un- 
der surface, base of head and base of prothorax. Ciliation of 
ocular lobes very distinct, even with head in position. 
Convex. TIead with the ocular fovea rather large and 
deep : eyes finely faceted- Rostrum with moderately dense 
subseriate punctures. Funicle slightly longer tlian scape. 
