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Metriorrhynchus scalarifl. 

 (Plate XII. fig. 8.) 



Porrostoma Bcalare, Water h. } Trans. Ent Soc, 187^, p, 70, pi, i. 

 figs. 63 66. 



Ati-r ; elytrifl apioe Bordide flavo ; rostro latitudine breviore; 

 elytris quadricostatis, Lnterstitiis reticulatis. $. Long. 4.\ lin. 



Ha''. N.YV. Australia. 



Thorax with seven distinct areolets. The elytra parallel, with 

 \hc extreme apex dirtj yellow : the lour oostse on each elytron are 

 distinot, bu1 the third is less sn inwards the apex; the interstices 

 have rather closely placed irregular transverse ridges, which are 

 frequently oblique, or when half across the interstice divide into two, 

 forming a Y placed horizontally (>-), giving a reticulated appearance 

 to the elytra : here and there the intermediate very fine longitudinal 

 oostss may be traced. 



Metriorrhynchus fallax. 



(Plate XII. fig. 5.) 



Porrostoma fallax, Waterh,, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1877, p. 79, pi. i. figs. 

 67-60. 



Elongatus, paralldus, nigcr ; thorace elytrisque flavo-rufis, his 

 apice nigro ; rostro latitudine paulo breviore, opaco, utrinque fovea 

 nitida ; elytris sat convexis, parallelis, quadricostatis, interstitiis bi- 

 seriatim punctatis. 2 • Long. 6| lin. 



Bah. Moreton Bay. 



Elytra about five times as long as the tborax, black at the apex; 

 the interstices with two regular rows of square punctures, the rows 

 divided by a fine costa. 



This species is peculiar for its long, narrow form. 



Metriorrhynchus rufipennis. 



(Plate XII. fig. 6.) 



Lycus rufipennis, Fabr., Si/st. EL, ii. p. 114. 



Porrostoma salebrosum, IVaterh.. Trans. Ent. Soc, 1877, p. 79, pi. ii. 

 figs. 61-64. 



Statura et color P. erythropteri, at minor ; rostro brevissimo. 

 Niger ; elytris rubris, quadricostatis, interstitiis biseriatim punc- 

 tatis. J, 2 • Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Melbourne and Van Diemen's Land. 



Differs from P. eryihropterum in having the rostrum very short, 

 with a deep fovea in front of each eye. Third joint of the antennae 

 as broad as long. Elytra quadricostate ; the interstices with two 



