615 



on the sides, on the elytra it is mostly condensed into small 

 spots conjoined to the suture, but there are a few small spots 

 scattered about the base, and forming a feeble discal row on 

 each elytron; on the under-surface the pubescence is mostly 

 dense, but there is a nude spot towards each side of the four 

 basal segments of abdomen; the abdomen along the middle, 

 however, is very irregularly clothed and some specimens appear 

 to have four or five nude spots on most of the segments 

 (approaching the clothing of atiguineus and scalar is). The 

 long hairs are numerous between the eyes and on the base of 

 rostrum, on the sides of prothorax, and on the under-surface 

 and legs. 



Pachyura quadrimaculata, n. sp. 



Reddish-castaneous ; head (but not rostrum) and most 

 of prothorax somewhat blackish. Most of under-surface and 

 sides of prothorax with dense, stramineous pubescence; 

 pubescence rather conspicuously margining eyes, forming a 

 narrow median line on pronotum, fairly dense on medio-basal 

 portion of elytra, and forming four very conspicuous circular 

 spots across middle, elsewhere more sparsely clothed. 



Head with crowded and rather coarse punctures. Eyes 

 large and round. Rostrum rather short (about as long as 

 width of head across eyes), at base with punctures as on head, 

 ■elsewhere shining, glabrous, and with minute punctures, two 

 small acute projections at apex. Antennae rather stout, third 

 joint the length of first, much longer than second and slightly 

 longer than fourth. Prothorax lightly transverse, sides 

 moderately rounded, base strongly bisinuate and conspicuously 

 wider than apex (which is truncate), median line shallow; 

 densely granulate-punctate. Elytra distinctly wider than 

 prothorax, lightly notched by scutellum, each strongly pro- 

 duced at base, parallel-sided to near apex, which is obtusely 

 pointed; densely granulate-punctate. Femora not very stout, 

 edentate, hind pair almost extending to apex of second 

 abdominal segment. Length, 7 mm. 



Hab. — Victoria (Blackburn's collection). Type (unique), 

 I. 7870. 



Allied to minima, fasciata, and pyriatra, but readily 

 distinguished by the transverse series of four spots, of these 

 the outer ones are slightly smaller and slightly posterior to 

 the others. Both antennae of the type are damaged, with 

 the eleventh joint missing. 



Pachyura brevirostris, n. sp. 



Of a rather dingy pale castaneous ; head darker, rostrum 

 black and shining. Rather sparsely clothed with stramineous 



