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Haplonyx (Aolles) puncticollis, n. sp. 



Of a rather light-brownish-red, head and a rather large 

 patch on shoulders piceous. Under-surface and legs with 

 moderately dense whitish scales: upper-surface with sparsely- 

 distributed whitish scales, and with small indistinct reddish- 

 brown ones. 



Rostrum straight and rather wide, slightly shorter than 

 prothorax ; basal two-thirds with seriate punctures and dis- 

 tinct costEe ; apical third with dense regular punctures. Pro- 

 thorax about twice as wide as long ; with dense, small, shallow 

 punctures. Elytra very little wider than prothorax, and not 

 much longer than wide ; with regular rows of not very large 

 but deep and subquadrate punctures : interstices much wider 

 than punctures, and with numerous small granules. Femora 

 strongly unidentate : front tibiae strongly bisinuate ; tarsi 

 with claw- joint scarcely traceable. Length, 3^ mm. 



II ah. — Queensland: Cooktown (J. A. Anderson). 



On the prothorax the whitish scales form a feeble spot 

 in the middle of the apex, and feeble spots at the sides of 

 the disc ; the flanks, however, being rather densely clothed ; 

 but most of the scales are of a rather bright-reddish-brown, 

 and indistinct from most directions. On the basal two-thirds 

 of the rostrum there are four distinct but more or less oblique 

 and irregular costae, with a feeble median one. From some 

 directions the prothoracic punctures appear to be placed in 

 close concentric semicircles, of which the convex side is 

 directed towards the base, their scales also are usually slightly 

 depressed below the general level. 



Haplonyx (Aolles) minimus, n. sp. 



Of a rather light chestnut-brown, in parts darker or not. 

 Moderately clothed with large soft scales, mostly white, but 

 somewhat variegated on prothorax and elytra. 



Rostrum wide and straight ; the length of prothorax in 

 male, slightly longer in female : with dense punctures par- 

 tially concealed on basal half. Prothorax about thrice as 

 wide as long, punctures concealed. Elytra very little wider 

 than prothorax, about once and two-thirds as long as wide, 

 parallel-sided to beyond the middle ; punctures more or less 

 concealed. Femora very feebly unidentate; front tibiae very 

 feebly bisinuate ; tarsi with the claw-joint very indistinct. 

 Length, lj-lf mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Mount Victoria; Tasmania: 

 Hobart (A. M. Lea). 



Two of the specimens before me are (except as to the 

 clothing) of a uniform shade of colour throughout ; but most 

 of them have the scut ell um and most (in one specimen all) of 



