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^pex itself fairly wide ; tuberculate beneath fascicles : with 

 very large jDunctures, irregular on disc, but in regular rows 

 ■on sides ; a few small granules on suture. Under surface with 

 coarse irregular punctures ; basal segment of abdomen with a 

 strong median groove, which is continued on to base of sec- 

 ond. Legs stout : four hind femora distinctly grooved, hind 

 pair not extending to apex of abdomen. Length, 6- 6 J mm. 



Hah. — Australia (A. Bovie) ; Victoi-ia : Dandenong 

 Ganges (C. French). 



The deep groove on the abdomen denotes quite plainly 

 that the species is allied to rxoheter, but from that species it 

 differs in being considerably smaller and narrower, prothorax 

 of different shape, and with much larger jDunctures, elytra of 

 different shape, antennas stouter, and clothing very different. 

 The density of the clothing in places and its total absence in 

 others is somewhat as in inusitafiis, but the two species have 

 little else in common. 



The black scales form four lines on the prothorax from 

 its apex to its base, but across the middle they are inter- 

 rupted by four small flavous spots (of these, however, the 

 outer ones are sometimes very indistinct). On each elytron 

 they form rather large but irregular fascicles, of which there 

 is an elongated one on the third interstice near base, and a 

 rounded one about middle ; the summit of the posterior de- 

 clivity is crowned with irregularly - conjoined fascicles, ex- 

 tending from the second interstice to about the seventh, 

 midway between these and the apex are several small fas- 

 cicles, and at the apex itself there are two fascicles, but these 

 are sometimes conjoined ; black scales are scattered about else- 

 where and occasionally formed into feeble fascicles. Just be- 

 fore the middle (sometimes extending almost to the middle, 

 or even to near the base) there is an irregular patch of flav- 

 ous or ochreous scales, and similar scales may be singly 

 •scattered elsewhere. On the legs the flavous (or ochreous) 

 scales are irregularly disti'ibuted in spots and bands. On the 

 under surface most of the scales are black. There is a small 

 spot of pale scales close to each eye. 



POROPTERUS VALGUS, n. sp. 



Black ; antennae and tarsi of a rather bright red. 

 Rather densely clothed with elongate brick-red scales : but 

 ■somewhat variegated on the elytra. 



Rostrum moderately stout; with dense but not very 

 large punctures on apical half, concealed on basal half. An- 

 tennse inserted one-third from apex of rostrum ; first joint 

 of funicle as long as second and third combined, second as 

 long as third and fourth combined. Prothorax convex, 



