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The white scales are mostly confined to the under -surface 

 and legs, but a few are scattered about on the sides, and 

 occasionally elsewhere on both prothorax and elytra ; on one 

 specimen they form numerous feeble spots on the elytra. The 

 ochreous scales are dense on the prothorax and head ; on the 

 elytra in places they quite regularly clothe the interstices, 

 but they are frequently interrupted by small spots of black 

 scales. 



In general appearance very close to sordidus, but claw- 

 joint much less conspicuous, front tibiae shorter, much more 

 strongly bisinuate and less curved, femora unidentate and 

 funicle with six instead of seven joints. In size and shape 

 it is close to rubiginosus, Pasc, but is considerably darker, 

 rostrum entirely black, etc. 



Haplonyx (Aolles) m^stus, n. sp. 



Black or almost black, antennae of a rather bright-red. 

 Densely clothed with soft white scales on under-surface and 

 legs, sparse about eyes, condensed at sides of prothorax, 

 about scutellum and base of elytra and a few scattered singly 

 on elytra : rest of upper-surface and upper surface of legs with 

 deep black scales. 



Rostrum moderately wide, and almost straight, the length 

 of prothorax ; with coarse punctures, somewhat seriate in 

 arrangement on the basal half, and smaller towards apex. 

 Prothorax almost thrice as wide as long; punctures concealed. 

 Elytra not much wider than prothorax, and very little longer 

 than wide; with regular rows of not very large but deep 

 punctures; interstices much wider than punctures. Femora 

 strongly unidentate ; front tibiae strongly bisinuate : tarsi with 

 claw-joint scarcely traceable. Length, 3-J mm. 



Hab. — Victoria: Sea Lake (J. C. Goudie). 



On the two specimens before me (each of which is pro- 

 bably a female) the white scales are very conspicuous about 

 the scutellum ; on one of them the base of the elytra has 

 fairly numerous white scales elsewhere ; but on the other there 

 are very few except about the scutellum itself : on the rest of 

 the elytra the isolated white scales are confined to the striae. 

 The antennae are inserted rather nearer the middle of the 

 rostrum than usual. Only the median costa is at all distinct 

 on the rostrum, but feeble remnants of others can be traced. 



The absence of a median and apical fasciae from the 

 elytra and the presence of white isolated scales in the striae 

 distinguish from trifasciatus. The prothorax at a glance 

 appears to have clothing only at the sides, but this is due to 

 the scales on the disc being as black as the derm on which 

 they rest. 



