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densely but still rather sparsely clothed, the pubescence being 

 more or less whitish. In general appearance close to many 

 specimens of i-uf/nant/s, but the eyes separated even more 

 than in the female of that species (although not widely sep- 

 arated). But readily distinguished from the species here 

 noted by the tarsi ; of these the third joint, although decid- 

 edly bilobed, is not much wider than the second (in rti.fimanus 

 it is slightly longer than the second and almost twice the 

 width), and the claw joint is exserted for fully two-thirds 

 of its length. As in mamillatus it would perhaps be better 

 to describe the prothorax as gTanulate instead of punctate ; 

 whilst in rufimanus the punctures (at any rate on the disc) 

 are evident. In a second specimen the scape is as dark as 

 the club. 



SUBFAMILY BALANINIDES. 



Ealaninus niveopictus, n. sp. 



d ■ Deep-black, rostrum (base and tip excepted), an- 

 tennae, and legs dull-red. Moderately clothed with black 

 scales and with patches or stripes of snowy-white ones. 



Head with small dense punctures. Rostrum almost 

 evenly curved ; with a few small distinct punctures about 

 base. Antennae inserted slightly nearer base than apex of 

 rostrum ; first joint of funicle about once and one-half the 

 length of second. Prothorax with dense, partially-concealed 

 punctures, and with remnants of a very feeble median carina. 

 Elytra not much longer than their greatest width (which is 

 near the base), shoulders produced and clasping base of pro- 

 thorax ; striate-punctate, punctures rather large but partially 

 concealed. Legs rather long; femora stout, strongly and 

 acutely dentate. Length, 3 mm. ; rostrum, 2 mm. 



9 . Differs in being larger, rostrum much longer, some- 

 what differently curved, and with the antennae inserted much 

 more closely to the base. Length, 3|^ mm. ; rostrum, 3J mm. 



i7o&.— Queensland : Mulgrave River (Henry Hacker). 



A beautiful species with the sharply-defined black and 

 white markings of amcenus, although differently disposed. 

 There is a small spot of snowy scales between the eyes, on 

 the prothorax they mark each angle, the hind ones being pro- 

 duced so as abnost to meet in the centre of the base ; clothe 

 the scutellum, form a cross on the elytra (the transverse fascia 

 is almost exactly median), and are dense on most of the under 

 surface. They also clothe the under surface, but not so 

 densely as elsewhere. On three specimens the sutural stripe 

 of white scales is interrupted for a short distance beyond the 

 transverse fascia; but on the fourth it is continuous; this 

 specimen also has a few white scales at the base, about the 



