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This I believe to be an error. '2> In appearance it somewhat 

 resembles maculafus, but is wider, median ridges of head 

 curved and widely separated, and the derm soft. In most 

 species of the genus the derm is hard, but in the present 

 species it is quite soft and thin, although there is nothing 

 from the outside to indicate that it is not of normal hard- 

 ness. Opinnts is another species which has the derm rather 

 fragile, Ibut the two species have little else in common. In 

 some respects it is close to foveatm, but is considerably larger, 

 and seventh joint of funicle no longer than the fourth. 



Catasaecus dueus, n. sp. 



Black : appendages (club and cla\Ms excepted) of a very 

 dark-red. 



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

 ceding species, except that the carinse on the head are almost 

 parallel-sided on their basal two-thirds, but curve rather 

 strongly round at the apex, with the space between the 

 middle of the two median ones distinctly less. Elytra much 

 the same, but rather shorter, subhumeral tubercle slightly 

 smaller, and punctures somewhat smaller. Length, 14-16 

 mm. 



Hah. — Western Australia: Mount Barker (A. M. Lea). 



The three specimens before me, except for the legs, are 

 almost entirely glabrous, but as some scales are to be seen 

 in a few side punctures of the elytra (where nibbing is least 

 likely to take place) this would appear to be due to abrasion. 



In appearance very close to the preceding species, but 

 carinae on the head somewhat different, elytral punctures 

 smaller, and derm of normal hardness ; the interstices, 

 although their punctures and practically obsolete granules are 

 exactly as in the preceding species, are wider in proportion 

 to the rows of punctures. In some respects it is close to the 

 description of efflorafus, but is larger, and elytral punctures 

 different. 



Catasaecxts caeinaticeps, n. sp. 



Black ; appendages (club and claws excepted) dark-red. 



Head with minute punctures and with a few larger (but 

 still small) ones scattered about ; lateral carinae parallel- 

 sided almost to apex, median carinas parallel-sided and close 

 together. Median carina of rostrum very distinct, the late- 

 ral ones with distinct punctures. First joint of funicle fully 

 once and one-half the length of second. Pmfhorax strongly 

 transverse ; with dense punctures and dense granules, the 



(2) I have previously commented on the varnishing of species 

 of this genus; see Proc. Linn. Soc, New South Wales, 1897, p. 

 593. 



