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large punctures, becoming shallow towards sides ; with two 

 subcorneal and almost conjoined subsutural tubercles near 

 apex; suture near base raised and joined on to third inter- 

 stice ; third (exclusive of the base) with two or three tubercles, 

 of which the largest is just before summit of posterior 

 declivity : fifth with a distinct and rather long (but not much 

 elevated) median tubercle, with remnants of others, and a, 

 short ridge near base; seventh with some small tubercles;, 

 shoulders not projecting on to prothorax. Length, 18 mm. 



Hab.— Victoria: Geelong (J. F. Mulder). 



Readily distinguished from all other species known to me 

 by the elytra strongly narrowed to apex, with the large sutural 

 tubercles almost conjoined, and much closer to the apex than 

 usual : thus instead of being at or close to the summit of the 

 posterior declivity, they are quite close to the apex itself. The 

 elytra are somewhat suggestive of Poropterus conifer. In its 

 rounded shoulders it agrees with the female of tuberculatum, 

 but the sutural and third interstices are conjoined at the base, 

 instead of separated as in that species. 



The irregular sublateral impression of the prothorax from 

 some directions appears almost semi-circular, and curves round 

 as if to join in with the median channel, but is prevented from 

 doing so by two large granules. On the type (and only 

 specimen I have seen) there are (exclusive of its basal con- 

 nection with suture) two tubercles on the second interstice on 

 the right side and three on the left ; on the seventh there are 

 seven on the right and five on the left. It is probable, how- 

 ever, that both the prothoracic and elytral sculpture is sub- 

 ject to more or less variation. It is probable that the male 

 has strongly projecting shoulders. 



Mythttes foveipennis, n. sp. 



o • Black ; clothed with rather sparse blackish setse ; but 

 with a dense ridge of dark-brown or blackish setae, extending 

 from apex of abdomen to between middle coxae. 



Bead with a deep median groove and two or three deep 

 ones on each side. Rostrum separated from head by a deep 

 transverse impression : with a deep and wide median channel : 

 with a deep groove on each side, commencing at base and 

 running out at about the middle. Prothorax slightly wider 

 than long, sides moderately rounded, disc feebly convex ; with 

 dense, clearly-defined granules, larger at about one-fourth from 

 apex and one-fourth from base than elsewhere ; without a 

 median line. Elytra at base not much wider than prothorax, 

 and very little wider elsewhere ; apex widely rounded ; with 

 double irregular rows of very large punctures or f oveae, 

 becoming regular on sides : third and fifth interstices dis— 



