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dense fimbriatis, articulo 3" quam 1"' sesqui longiori ; pro- 

 thorace cylindrico, quam longiori vix latiori, ut caput punc- 

 tulato, nee supra nee ad latera tuberculato ; elytris ad 

 apicem truncatis, antice granulis sat numerosis inordinatim 

 instructis, postice puncturis (his prope medium sat grossis 

 hinc retrorsum gradatim magis subtilibus) impressis. 

 This species is in general so like Symphyletes albocinctus, 

 Guer., that it seems unsatisfactory not to place it near that 

 insect, but it has the head strongly elevated above the base of 

 the antennae, — a character which Pascoe regarded as the essential 

 one separating Rhytiphora from Symphyletes and which is the 

 only character known to me by which they can be separated. 

 The portions of the upper surface not bearing fulvous or white 

 spots are glabrous and shining. The snowy- white pubescence of 

 the elytra forms a spot on the lateral margin (behind the glab- 

 rous shoulder) which is continuous with similar pubescence on 

 the side of the metasternum ; it also forms a spot on the lateral 

 margin a little behind the middle. Between the two white spots 

 are two or three spots of fulvous pubescence which are variably 

 more or less connected with each other. The disposition of the 

 fulvous markings on other parts of the elytra and on the head 

 and pronotum is much the same as in JS. albocinctus. 

 Queensland. 



R. unifortnis, Blackb. I have before me two specimens from 

 N. Queensland (sent by Mr. French) which T cannot distinguish 

 from the type of imiforjais except in their somewhat different 

 colouring, — due I have no doubt to their being very fresh speci- 

 mens. They bear sprinkled over the pale ashy pubescence of the 

 upper surface (which suggested the specific name) numerous 

 blotches of pale orange-coloured pubescence. This forms longi- 

 tudinal lines between the antennse, transverse lines on the pro- 

 notum, small spots of irregular shape all over the elytra, spots 

 on the sterna and legs and fringes on the hindmargin of the 

 ventral segments. The glabrous spaces on the type (mentioned 

 as probably due to abrasion) are present in these fresh examples, 

 and therefore are no doubt natural. 



