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Hah. — South Australia. Type (unique), I. 5583. 



Close to arcuatus, with which it would be associated in 

 the 1914 table of the genus, but differs in having the front 

 tibiae less curved at apex, ciliation shorter and sparser, scape 

 somewhat stouter, but in particular by the subhumeral pro- 

 minence on each elytron. From crawfordi (also from South 

 Australia) it is distinguished by its smaller size, narrower 

 form, subhumeral prominences, and abdominal clothing con- 

 cealing derm. It is about the size and at first glance some- 

 what the appearance of Achopera lachrymosa of the Crypto- 

 rhijnchides. The paler markings consist of an interrupted 

 stripe on each side of the prothorax and numerous feeble 

 spots on the elytra. The clubs and two apical joints of each 

 funicle are missing from the type. 



Mandalotus inconspicuus, n. sp. 



£ . Dull reddish-brown, appendages paler. Densely 

 clothed with light-brown or stramineous scales, somewhat 

 variegated on upper-surface; with numerous stout setae 

 scattered about. 



Rostrum moderately long, sculpture of upper-surface 

 entirely concealed. Scape not very long, somewhat inflated 

 to apex ; first joint of funicle distinctly longer and wider than 

 second, the others all transverse. Prothorax distinctly trans- 

 verse, sides rather strongly rounded; with dense, normally 

 concealed punctures. Elytra elongate-elliptic, shoulders 

 evenly rounded. Abdomen flat. Lee/* rather stout: front 

 coxae touching. Length, 2-2^ mm. 



9 . Differs in being somewhat larger and wider, 

 abdomen gently convex, and legs shorter. 



Hab. — South xVustralia : Mount Lofty (S. H. Curnow). 

 Type, I. 5587. 



In the 1914 table of the genus this species would be 

 associated with maculatus and squamibundus ; from the 

 former it is distinguished by its much denser clothing 

 (entirely concealing the punctures of the upper-surface) and 

 shorter and stouter antennae and legs. From squamibundus 

 it is distinguished b}^ its smaller size and slightly narrower 

 form, somewhat shorter antennae and legs, front tibiae less 

 acutely produced at apex, and sparser and less regular elytral 

 setae. On the only female before me the elytral clothing 

 is paler than on the two males and with numerous small 

 chocolate-brown spots ; on the males the spotting is very 

 obscure. The setae are unusually stout, even on the legs and 

 imder-surface, and on the elvtra are confined to a single row 

 on each interstice; they are nearly all stramineous. Before 



