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Elytra elongata, basi singulatim rotundata, apice conjunctim 



rotundata, anum obtegentia. 

 Pedes validiusculi ; femoribus parum clavatis ; tibiis brevibus, 



intus sinuatis ; tarsi's triarticulatis, latis, subtus spongiosis: 



articulo tertio fere rotimdato. 

 Corpus oblongum, sub-cylindricum, alatum. 



Sp. 1 . Atelicus incequalis. 

 At. oblongus, nigro-piceus, dense ochraceo-squamosus, fuscoque 

 variegatus ; fronte foveolato ; thorace lateribus parum ro- 

 tundato, antice constricto, punctato : elytris oblongis, striato- 

 punctatis, interstitiis alternis inasqualiter elevatis, postice 

 quadri-tuberculatis, antice scutellum versus elevato-pro- 

 ductis. . 

 Long. Corp. absq. rostr. 5\ lin. 

 Hab. Tasmania. 



Rather smaller, and proportionately rather shorter, than Stron- 

 gylorhinus ochraceus. Head, with its nearly round and depressed 

 eyes, rather remote from the thorax ; convex above, with a shortish, 

 deep groove between the eyes, and some scattered punctures, and 

 clothed (^like the base of the rostrum) with brownish ochraceous 

 scales : rostrum rather stout, nearly cylindrical, distinctly curved, 

 and about one-third longer than the head ; the anterior denuded 

 part pretty thickly and distinctly punctured. Antennae piceous : 

 the seventh joint of the funiculus gradually enlarged to the apex 

 and continuing the outline as it were of the club, so as to appear 

 part of it ; the elongated club thus appears to consist of five nearly 

 equally distinct joints. Thorax rather broader than long, the 

 sides slightly rounded, but strongly constricted at the anterior 

 third, the surface uneven, there being a slight callosity above 

 towards the sides (immediately behind the constricted portion), 

 and two indistinct transverse risings between the sublateral cal- 

 losities and the mesial line. The scales covering the thorax are 

 chiefly brown on the upper surface (if we except a slender pale 

 mark along the centre), and chiefly palish ochraceous on the sides 

 and under parts ; the surface is pretty thickly and distinctly punc- 

 tured. The elytra are about one-fourth broader than the thorax, 

 and twice and a half the length ; their sides are nearly parallel ; 

 the apex rounded ; in the usual places of the striae are rows of 

 smallish ocellated punctures ; the scales elsewhere are round, but 

 in each puncture is a single oblong whitish scale : the alternate 

 interstices are irregularly raised ; the third interstice is not elevated 

 at the base of the elytra, but at a short distance from the base it 



