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rostro punctis magnis sat crebre irrorato ; antennis subferrugineis, 

 nitidis ; clava elongata acuminata ; prothorace transverso, utrinque 

 valde ampliato-rotundato, apice fortiter constricto, subreticiilato- 

 punctato, in medio dorsi foveis duabus, transversim sitis, squa- 

 mulis minutis albis repletis ; elytris subcordatis, basi truncatis, 

 ad angulos humerales dentato-projectis, sulcato-foveatis, interstitiis 

 irregulariter granulatis ; abdomine segmentis duobus basalibus 

 punctis permagnis, squamositate griseis indutis, notatis ; tibiia 

 vix compressis, magis, praesertim posticis, elongatis. Long. 3f 

 lin. 



Hah. Gayndah. 



Easily known from the other species here described by its 

 prothorax marked with two shallow impressions or foveas 

 filled with white scales. 



Acalles perditus, 



A. ovatus, niger, vix nitidus, squamis albidis rarissime adspersus ; 

 capitis fronte tenuiter vage punctata ; rostro sat grosse crebre, 

 apicem versus subconfertim punctato ; antennis subferrugineis, 

 nitidis ; funiculo scapo fere longitudine aequali ; clava breviter 

 ovata ; prothorace transverso, utrinque ante medium rotundato, 

 apice constricto, fortiter creberrime punctato ; elytris oblongo- 

 cordatis, in medio quam prothorace latioribus, sulcato-foveatis, 

 foveis modice approximatis, interstitiis convexis, leviter punctatis, 

 maculis paucis albis, e squamis condensatis formatis, quarum 

 duabus basaHbus conspieue notatis, adspersis ; tibiis, praesertim 

 anticis intermediisque perbrevibus. Long. 2-2| lin. 



Hah. Melbourne ; Albany. 



The spots will probably be only found in fresh specimens. 



Acalles memnonius. 



A. ovatus, niger, subnitidus, rostro pedibusque castaneis, squamis 

 albis rarissime adspersus ; rostro breviusculo, modice punctato, 

 in medio laevigato ; antennis subferrugineis ; funiculo articuHs 

 ultimis valde transversis; clava ovata; prothorace longitudine 

 latitudini oequali, pone apicem utrinque modice rotundato, grosse 

 reticulato-pimctato ; elytris cordiformibus, sulcato-foveatis, foveis 

 majusculis, subquadratis, singulatim squama parva albida in- 

 structis ; corpore infra pedibusque squamulis albis adspersis ; tibiia 

 brevibus, haud compressis. Long. 2\-2\ lin. 



Hob. King George's Sound. 



This species is clearly differentiated by its rostrum, with 

 oblong scattered punctures of intermediate size. 



A calles foraminosus. 

 A. ovatus, niger, nitidus, rostro basi capiteque grosse reticulate- 



