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Head with small, dense, and usually concealed punc- 

 tures; inter-ocular fovea small, narrow, and deep. Rostrum 

 about once and one half as long as greatest width; with a 

 fine median carina, on each side of which is a shallow groove, 

 but, except at apex, where the carina and grooves are absent, 

 sculpture more or less concealed. First joint of funicle al- 

 most as long as second. Frothorax with coarse irregular 

 punctures; disc somewhat flattened; with a feeble median 

 carina on apical half. Elytra wide; with rows of large deep 

 punctures, becoming somewhat smaller posteriorly; with 

 granules rather densely scattered about; second interstice 

 with a tubercle at summit of posterior declivity, third with 

 the largest of all near base, fourth with one near that on 

 second, preapical callus conical and distinct, shoulder with a 

 large tubercle. Intercoxal process of mesosfernum strongly 

 produced, but obtuse. Tibice apparently not denticulate. 

 Length (excluding rostrum), 10 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Somerset (C. French). 



On the prothorax the scales are rather stouter than else- 

 where, and are interrupted by four feeble irregular longi- 

 tudinal lines, which, under a lens, appear to be granules 

 formed by the irregularity of the punctures. To the naked 

 eye each elytron appears to have a row of tubercles com- 

 mencing near the suture and directed towards the side at 

 the basal fourth ; but only two of these tubercles (the ones 

 on the second and fourth interstices) are at all distinct, the 

 apparent presence of tubercles on the sixth, eighth, and ninth 

 being caused by rather numerous nude granules; the sixth, 

 however, is really slightly elevated. 



At a glance not unlike large specimens of vitiosa, but the 

 third interstice with one tubercle only instead of three. The 

 type (except as to its clothing) is almost entirely black ; 

 but a second specimen (perhaps owing to immaturity) is al- 

 most entirely of a dull red. 



OXYOPS SCABRA, U. Sp. 



Black; antennae almost black. Irregularly clothed with 

 whitish scales and setae. 



Head with dense and minute punctures; inter-ocular 

 fovea rather small, narrow, and deep. Rostrum about once 

 and one half as long as greatest width; with a smooth min- 

 utely punctate median line, on each side of which are several 

 irregular rows of large partially concealed punctures; apex 

 with small punctures interspersed with some of moderate 

 size. Prothorax with coarse irregular punctures, causing an 

 appearance in places as of irregular granules; with a strong 

 but irregular median carina. Elytra much wider than usual; 



