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Tiie reddish parts of the elytra are not sharply limited, 

 and in one specimen the red from the shoulder is obscurely 

 connected with the apex; in another the apex is scarcely paler 

 than the rest of the elytra; the femora, especially the hind 

 pair, are more or less diluted with red. There is a very dis- 

 tinct white spot of setse between the eyes, and three at the 

 base of the prothorax; on the elytra the white setse form 

 distinct patches, which are sometimes broken up into feeble 

 spots ; but in the normal form they appear to clothe the suture 

 at the base and near the apex, and to form two feeble 

 transverse fasciae — a very irregular subbasal one (at times so 

 loosely formed as almost to cover the basal third) and a more 

 regular but shorter one at summit of posterior declivity; 

 there are generally also white setae on the slight preapical 

 callosities. 



The three patches of snowy-white setae at the base of 

 the black prothorax render this species very distinct, although 

 it is closely allied to eAicalypti. 



Elleschodes modicus, n. sp. 



Black; head, rostrum, antennae, and legs (the femora 

 more or less deeply stained with black) more or less red. 

 Clothed with setse or pubescence, white on the under surface 

 and legs, variegated on the upper surface. 



liostrum and antennae as in preceding species. Prothorax 

 and elytra much the same, except that the prothorax is slightly 

 wdder, and its punctures are slightly less numerous and more 

 obscured by the clothing. Abdomen and femora much the 

 same, except that the femoral dentition is somewhat stronger. 

 Length, 2-2J mm. 



Hab.—^ew South Wales: Armidale (A. M. Lea). 



The elytra are more or less diluted with red on each side 

 of the base, and there is a rather indistinct subquadrate red- 

 dish patch at the apex; the head is sometimes darker than 

 the rostrum. There is a rather dense patch of straw-coloured 

 clothing between the eyes; the prothorax is similarly clothed 

 except that there is a darker spot (sometimes very indistinct) 

 on each side of middle. On the elytra the straw-coloured 

 clothing is nowhere condensed into distinct spots, but is fairly 

 dense in parts; there are also w^iite setae, placed much as they 

 are in the preceding species. 



The species certainly belongs to the eucalypti group, but 

 the clothing on the elytra is denser and more uniform in ex- 

 tent, although someAvhat variable in colour, than on any of 

 the close allies of that species. The prothorax and legs are 

 differently coloured to those of eucalypti itself. 



