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scarcely longer than fourth, and about one-fourth longer 

 than second, eleventh more than twice the length of tenth. 

 Protliorax lightly transverse, sides strongly rounded, base 

 much wider than apex, with a wide shallow median channel; 

 with numerous conspicuous granules, the interspaces with 

 dense but more or les6 concealed punctures. Elytra rather 

 narrow, somewhat wider than protliorax, parallel-sided to 

 near apex, which is strongly and acutely produced, suture not 

 elevated at base ; with dense and moderately large punctures, 

 becoming granulate-punctate towards base. Front femora 

 rather stout, edentate; hind pair not extending to middle of 

 second segment; basal joint of tarsi much shorter than second 

 and third combined. Length, 15-16 mm. 



Hah. — Western Australia: Cue (H. W. Brown). Type, 

 I. 7878. 



A multimaculate species with acutely produced elytra, 

 at first glance like densely clothed puncticeps, but femora 

 edentate on the four specimens before me ; the elytra are more 

 produced at apex and with much more numerous spots than 

 on anguineus ; in some respects close to helmsi and bison, but 

 narrower, elytra more produced at apex, with discal spots and 

 granules more numerous and head with three white lines 

 instead of two ; in general appearance strikingly close to 

 cristatus, but head trilineate and elytra not carinate : in my 

 table would be associated with edent/ulus, but it i6 much wider 

 and is otherwise very different to that species. The apex of 

 the prothorax, and the sides near apex of elytra on two of 

 the specimens are obscurely diluted with red. The upper- 

 surface of the head is sparsely clothed, but the pubescence 

 forms a moderately distinct median line and conspicuously 

 margins the eyes, giving the head a trilineate appearance ; on 

 the pronotum not many hairs are scattered singly, but there 

 is a conspicuous interrupted median line and numerous spots 

 on the sides; on the eltyra there are numerous small 

 and very small spots, denser about the suture than elsewhere 

 (the tips only have fairly dense blackish pubescence) ; the 

 under-surface is rather densely clothed, but ha6 a spotted 

 appearance owing to numerous granules showing : there are 

 two nude spots (the hind one of which is sometimes indistinct) 

 on each metasternal episternum ; the clothing of the abdomen 

 is irregular along the middle (not quite as on ancpiineus and 

 scalaris), and each of the four basal segments has a nude spot 

 on each side of the base. The punctures on the apical half 

 of the rostrum, although considerably smaller than on the 

 basal half, are decidedly larger there than is usual in the 

 genus; the elytra pass the abdomen for more than the length 

 of the apical segment. 



