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Mandalotus laminipectus, n. sp. 



S - Rlack, sonie parts obscurely diluted with red ; 

 •antennae, tarsi, and tips of tibiae castaneous. Densely 

 clothed with sooty-brown scales, more or less obscurely varie- 

 gated with ashen ones, and with numerous stout setae 

 scattered about. 



Rostrum moderately long, wider at base than at apex, 

 median carina narrow and distinct throughout. Scape 

 moderately stout; two basal joints of funicle long, rather 

 thin and subequal. Prothorax moderately transverse, sides 

 rather strongly transvere, median line narrow and rather 

 well defined; with numerous round granules, readily traceable 

 through clothing. Elytra at widest slightly wider than pro- 

 thorax ; with rows of large, partially-concealed punctures; 

 some of the interstices irregularly elevated (scarcely tubercu- 

 late), but with a fairly conspicuous swelling behind each 

 shoulder. Mesosternum with a wide and ver}^ conspicuous 

 inter-coxai process. Front coxae widely separated; femora 

 very stout; tibiae comparatively short. Length ( c? , 9)' 

 5-5|- mm. 



9 . Differs in having the prothorax more transverse, 

 elytra narrower at the base and wider across middle, meso- 

 sternum unarmed, abdomen gently convex, and legs somewhat 

 shorter. 



Hah. — Victoria: Glenelg River (J. Ran). Type, I. 5570. 



The front coxae are very widely separated, and the 

 separation is accentuated by the coxae themselves being 

 scooped out or obliquely flattened, although this is less con- 

 spicuous on the female than on the male. The projection 

 between the middle coxae of the male is very curious; at the 

 base it is about as wide as long, but it obliquely dilates till 

 at the apex it is almost twice as wide as long, with the apices 

 conspicuously elevated and the space between them incurved, 

 the whole process, except for the tips, being depressed below 

 the coxae and concave. Regarding it as notched, it would 

 (in the 1914 table of the genus) be. associated with incistis and 

 laminati<pes, but the process in each of those species is very 

 much smaller and of very different shape ; their rostrum, 

 front tibiae, etc., are also different. The hind femora of the 

 male from some directions have a deceptive appearance as of 

 oeing obtusely dentate. On the female the paler scales are 

 almost white, and form feeble spots on the prothorax and 

 ^elytra, and are rather dense at the base of the head. 



Mandalotus wedgensis, n. sp. 

 3 . Black, some parts obscurely diluted with red, 

 antennae and tarsi castaneous. Densely clothed with slaty-grey 



