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Head with quite concealed punctures; inter-ocular fovea 

 more or less concealed. Rostrum about once and one third 

 as long as greatest width; non-carinate; apical portion strongly- 

 convex and with dense and rather small punctures ; basal 

 two-thirds with coarse but more or less concealed punctures. 

 First joint of funicle slightly longer than third, but distinctly 

 shorter than second. Prothora.x with dense punctures of 

 almost even size; sides rather strongly diminishing in width 

 from base to apex. Elytra briefly subcordate, much wider 

 than prothorax; shoulders very feebly produced; with rows 

 of deep, more or less oblong punctures; with small dense 

 granules, and with feeble tubercles. Tibice strongly denticu- 

 late. Length, 4J-5 mm. 



Hub. — Queensland (Horace W. Brown), Blackall Range 

 (H. Hacker). 



The white stripe on each side of the prothorax is con- 

 tinued on to the elytra. On perfectly fresh specimens it 

 clothes the shoulders, but these are usually abraded; on the 

 sixth interstice it terminates at the middle, but the eighth 

 and ninth are clothed almost to the apex, and the tenth is 

 clothed near the base and again near the apex. On each 

 elytron there are five feeble tubercles crowned with feeble 

 fascicles (white on two specimens, ochreous on two others, 

 and all apparently easily abraded) ; of these there are three 

 on the third interstice, the basal one being elongate and very 

 feeble, and the hind one on summit of posterior declivity. 

 On the fifth interstice there are two, of which one is post- 

 median, and the other is the preapical callus. AVhen com- 

 pletely abraded some of the tubercles appear to be little more 

 than feebly elevated spaces, with rather more numerous 

 granules than usual. 



Readily distinguished from aberrans by the stripe on 

 each side of prothorax bifurcating on to elytra, instead of 

 stopping at the base. 



IpTERGONUS NIVEOPICTUS, U. Sp. 



Reddish-brown, appendages somewhat paler ; claws black. 

 With snowy-white scales on head, forming three lines on 

 prothorax, lines and fascicles on elytra, and dense on scut- 

 ellum parts of under surface and. legs ; elsewhere with sparse 

 ochreous or white setae or scales. 



Head , rostrum, antennae, and 'prothorax much as in pre- 

 ceding species. Elytra much less parallel-sided, and with 

 much coarser punctures, interstices narrower and with less 

 numerous granules; tubercles apparently much the same. 

 Front tibicf' rather strongly curved and all strongly denticu- 

 late. Length, 4J mm. 



