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scales are somewhat denser on the suture and at the position 

 of the subapieal callositie6 (of other genera) than elsewhere, 

 but not very conspicuously so. 



A specimen from Western Australia : Swan River (A. M. 

 Lea), possibly belongs to this species, but has the tarsi darker, 

 head and rostrum almost black, and elytra somewhat deeper 

 (as viewed from the sides) ; its elytra! margins are narrowly 

 stained with black, but those of the type are also narrowly 

 in fu seated. 



Epacticus occidentalis, n. sp. 



o 7 . Light-castaneous, some parts darker. Densely clothed 

 with stout, depressed, white setae or scales. 



Rostrum moderately curved, about the length of pro- 

 thorax ; striate-punctate, punctures on apical half mostly 

 glabrous, on basal half each with a scale. Antennae thin, 

 inserted nearer apex than base of rostrum, club moderately 

 long. Prothorax feebly transverse, sides gently rounded, base 

 slightly wider than apex ; punctures normally concealed. 

 Elytra distinctly wider than prothorax, sides almost parallel 

 to near apex; with regular rows of fairly large, but more or 

 less concealed, punctures. Length ( <3 , 9)> 1J-2 mm. 



9 . Differs in having the rostrum considerably longer and 

 thinner, its punctures smaller and mostly glabrous, antennae 

 inserted slightly nearer base than apex of rostrum, and 

 abdomen more convex. 



Hab. — Western Australia: Geraldton (A. M. Lea). 

 Type, I. 7613. 



In general appearance fairly close to nigrirostris, but 

 slightly smaller, elytra somewhat wider, and rostrum not 

 black. The head and sterna are darker than elsewhere, parts 

 of the sterna on some specimens being almost black, parts of 

 the tarsi are infuscated, but the femora and tibiae are usually 

 slightly paler than the elytra ; the f unicle and club are darker 

 than the scape. The elytra on some specimens are almost 

 uniformly clothed, but on many have a slightly mottled 

 appearance, owing to the partial absence or slight variegation 

 of the scales (somewhat as on some specimens of nigrirostris) ; 

 in addition to the stout setae or scales, there are some thinner 

 ones, but these are moderately distinct only from the sides. 



Epacticus bimaculatus, n. sp. 



$ . Castaneous ; some parts infuscated or black. Densely 

 clothed with large, soft, white scales, closely applied to derm, 

 but elytra with two glabrous, or almost fiflabrous, spots. 



Rostrum rather lightly curved, slightly longer than pro- 

 thorax; apical half shining and with rows of distinct 

 punctures, basal half with larger punctures but more or less 



