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all very strongly dentate, especially the front pair ; front 

 tibiae very strongly arched at base. Length, 4| mm. 



Bob. — Queensland: Cairns (probably collected by E. 

 Allen or H. Elgner). 



The white clothing is fairly dense on the basal half of 

 the rostrum, forms a very narrow line between the eyes, forms 

 irregular lines on the prothorax and numerous feeble spots 

 on the elytra ; there is, however, a conspicuous spot on the 

 suture at apex and another on and about the scutellum. On 

 the under-surface the white clothing is more regular, but 

 there is a conspicuous dark spot on each side of each of the 

 second, third, and fourth abdominal segments. On the four 

 front legs the clothing is almost entirely white, but on the 

 hind pair it is variegated with- black. The inner base of the 

 front tibiae is supplied with long fine hair, but this may be 

 confined to the male. 



There is a second species of the genus in the Macleay 

 Museum (from Cape York) ; it differs from the above species 

 in having the eyes produced to a point on their lower edge, 

 and the hind margin of each sinuous. In Australia the eyes 

 are evenly rounded externally and in front. I have not 

 described the second species, however, as the only specimen 

 before me is in bad condition. 



Mecopus tipularis, Pasc. 

 This species extends from the Illawarra district to Somer- 

 set. It may be readily identified by its tridentate hind 

 femora. The clothing of the upper surface is mostly black, 

 but with white or ochreous scales covering a variable amount 

 of surface, but always less than in any other species before 

 me. In size it varies from 5 to 6J mm. 



Mecopus Macleayi, n. sp. 



d • Black ; antennae and sometimes parts of the legs dull- 

 red. Densely clothed with sooty-brown scales, with numerous 

 white or whitish and pale-brown scales scattered about, and 

 condensed into small spots. On the under-surface the pale 

 scales are rather more numerous than the dark ones. 



Rostrum scarcely twice the length of prothorax ; apical 

 half shining and with fine punctures, basal half subopaque 

 and with coarser punctures; obtusely tricarinated. Second 

 joint of funicle slightly longer than first. Prothorax about 

 twice as wide as the length down middle, with dense, normally- 

 concealed punctures. Elytra subtriangular ; suture and most 

 of the interstices with a few small granules, third interstice 

 with two or three small conical tubercles or teeth about the 

 middle, and a stronger subapical one which projects slightly 



