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^. clauda, sp. nov. Nigro picea, pube albida maculatim minus 

 perspicue vestita ; rostro capite et pronoto crebre subtilius 

 subaspere punctulatis ; elytris subfortiter punctulato-striatis, 

 interstitiis manifeste elevatis subtiliter coriaceis. Long, 

 (rostr. excL), 1 1. (vix) ; lat., -^^-^ 1. 

 Victoria (Dividing Range). 



CRYPTORRHYNCHUS. 



I have before me the types of two species which Erichson 

 referred to this genus. 



As Mr. Lea is at present engaged on a Revision of the 

 Ci^yptorrhynchide^ it Avould be inopportune for me at the present 

 moment to propose any new names for members of that group. 

 I therefore merely supply the following notes. 



C. solidus, Er. A new generic name will be required for this 

 species (and another in my collection evidently congeneric with 

 it). Its very short metasternum inter alia multa is inconsistent 

 with its standing in Cryptorrliyuclius. Its generic characters are 

 as follows : — Pectoral canal ending in the mesosternum and 

 cavernous at apex ; pronotum not distinct from the flanks of the 

 prosternum ; scape of antennae reaching (or very nearly so) the 

 front of the eye; tibiae unarmed externally; hind femora not 

 abnormally dilated ; third tarsal joint dilated and bilobed ; meta- 

 sternum very short, its episterna distinct; second ventral seg- 

 ment a little shorter than third and fourth together ; scutellum 

 very well defined; first ventral suture enfeebled in the middle; 

 femora feebly toothed beneath. Its specific characters are well 

 described by its author. 



C. iiifiiJatus, Er. Distinct from Cryptovrhy melius by inter 

 alia its short pectoral canal, which does not reach back so far as 

 to the level of the front of the intermediate coxse. Its structural 

 characters are as follows : — Similar to the preceding (C. solidus) 

 in respect of the first six characters attributed (above) to it : — 

 metasternum moderately elongate, about same length as the basal 

 ventral segment; claw joint not clothed with large erect scales ; 

 tibiae not longitudinally ribbed (as they are in Tyrtoiosus) ; 

 femora not (or but feebly) sulcate beneath ; eyes strongly and 

 not particularly finely granulate ; pectoral canal comparatively 

 short and wide ; all the femora armed beneath with a single 

 tooth, which is placed at or about the middle ; under surface of 

 all the femora much depressed though scarcely sulcate ; elytra 

 tuberculate and fasciculate ; rostrum considerably flattened above 

 in all its length ; second ventral segment much shorter than the 

 flrst and shorter than the third and fourth together. Erichson's 

 description of the specific characters is a good one. 



