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clothing is much tiie same, but is darker on the upper and 

 paler on the lower surface, on the elytra also it is feebly 

 variegated with single but rather thickly scattered paler 

 setae. The rostrum is more strongly and uniformly curved, 

 and Ihe antennae are inserted at a greater distance from the 

 apex. 



Elleschodes pallidus, n. sp. 



Pale testaceous. Moderately clothed with straw-coloured 

 or slightly golden pubescence. 



Rostrum thin, moderately curved, slightly longer than 

 prothorax, parallel-sided; behind antennae with a fine median 

 carina and with others caused by rows of punctures, in front 

 of antennae with fine punctures only. Antennae thin, in- 

 serted two- fifths from apex of rostrum. P rot It o raj: depressed, 

 almost twice as wide as long, widest (but not by much) 

 slightly in advance of middle; with dense but more or less 

 concealed punctures. Elytra elongate-cordate, parallel-sided 

 from near base to beyond the middle; punctures and inter- 

 stices almost exactly as in (dHjHlcus. Ahflofnen with mode- 

 rately dense and only partially concealed punctures ; apical 

 segment depressed in middle. Femora stout and feebly 

 (especially the front pair) dentate. Length, 2-2 J mm. 



Hah. — South Australia (Macleay Museum). 



Oil the elytra of one of the two specimens before me 

 (both apparently of one sex) some of the pubescence is of a 

 brownish colour, but it is very indistinct, and the clothing 

 everywhere is very similar in colour to the derm on which it 

 rests. 



Elleschodes scutellakis, n. sp. 



Bright red; scutellum black; suture and parts of sterna 

 more or less infuscated. Moderately, in places sparsely, 

 clothed with short whitish pubescence. 



Eostr'uw thin, moderately curved, longer than prothorax; 

 with a fine carina behind antennae, and with other very feeble 

 ones caused by rows of punctures ; in front of antennae with 

 fine punctures only. Antennae thin, inserted two-fifths from 

 apex of rostrum. Prothorax somewhat depressed, about once 

 and one third as wide as long; with numerous round and 

 only partially concealed punctures. Elytra cordate, nowhere 

 parallel-sided; with series of not very large punctures (larger 

 towards base and sides than elsewhere) in rather feeble striae; 

 interstices feebly separately convex, with small and rather 

 numerous, but more or less concealed punctures. Abdomen 

 with moderately dense and distinct punctures. Femora 

 stout, feebly but acutely dentate. Length, 2-2 J mm. 



Hah. — Western Australia: Swan River (A. M. Lea). 



