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but the rostrum is very different; regarding the head as 

 non-tuberculate, it would be associated with honii, also with 

 the rostrum very different. The elytra are much like those 

 of musimon, but- on that species the cephalic tubercles are 

 much larger and curved, and the intermediate carinae, sub- 

 lateral sulci, and scrobes are all very different. On each 

 elytron there are some small post-median tubercles on the 

 suture (varying in number from two to five), the larger of 

 which are about the summit of the apical slope ; on the third 

 and fifth interstices the tubercles commence at the extreme 

 base (but the basal ones are small) ; on the seventh they 

 commence near, but not at, the base ; altogether there are 

 between twenty-five and thirty on each elytron. 



Leptops longipes, n. sp. 



Black, parts of legs obscurely diluted with red. Densely 

 clothed with whitish mixed with ashen scales; elytra with 

 numerous short, thin setae, slightly longer on the apical 

 slope than towards the base, denser on legs than elsewhere. 



Head with a long, but apparently rather shallow, inter- 

 ocular fovea. Rostrum not very long, sides feebly incurved 

 to middle; median carina (if present) not traceable through 

 clothing, sublateral sulci rather deep and narrow; scrobes 

 rather shallow posteriorly, directed towards lower edge of 

 eyes, but then directed upwards. Antennae rather short; 

 first joint of funicle distinctly longer than second. Prothorax 

 not very wide, sides irregularly rounded, feebly depressed 

 along middle, elsewhere with low vermiculate elevations. 

 Elytra elongate-ovate, or elliptic ; punctures more or less 

 concealed, but evidently of moderate size; with numerous 

 small tubercles. Legs rather long; front tibiae not visibly 

 denticulate; claw-joint unusually long. Length, 16 mm. 



Hah. — South Australia: Port Augusta (Blackburn's 

 'Collection). Type (unique), I. 5535. 



In general appearance somewhat like suturalis, but with 

 the head and rostrum very different. .In the 1906 table of the 

 genus it would be associated with horni, from which it differs 

 in being considerably larger, median carina of rostrum 

 scarcely traceable, prothorax much smoother, elytra with 

 more numerous tubercles, but of which there are not two 

 conspicuously larger ones on the suture about summit of 

 apical slope. The setae on the supper-surface, although 

 short, are decidedly thin ; on the tarsi and on the under- 

 surface of the tibiae they are much longer, almost hair-like, 

 in fact. There is a greenish lustre on some scales of the 

 antennae and legs. The third, fifth, and seventh interstices 



