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Head rather strongly convex between eyes; these ovate. 

 Hostrum rather long for the genus, with a conspicuous median 

 carina from a rather feeble inter-ocular fovea to the feebly- 

 defined apical triangle ; sublateral sulci rather elongate and 

 partially concealed; scrobes feebly sinuous, directed towards 

 lower third of eyes. Antennae comparatively long and thin; 

 scape about the length of five following joints combined; 

 first joint of funicle slightly longer than second, the others 

 gradually decreasing in length, but none transverse. Pro- 

 thorax somewhat transverse, front margin somewhat sinuous; 

 surface irregularly sculptured. Elytra briefly ovate, about 

 twice the width of prothorax, surface very irregular. Legs 

 comparatively long and thin; claw-joint long and thin, claws 

 rather feebly sej^arated from about the middle. Length, 

 10 mm. 



Hah. — South Australia: Yunta ( — Bunkitt). Type 

 (unique), I. 5839. 



The rostrum is longer than in other species of the genus, 

 and but for the claws the present one probably would have 

 been referred to Leptops. The type is possibly somewhat 

 abraded, but probably not. The snowy scales on the under- 

 surface, rostrum, and legs (except that in places the setae 

 are denser than elsewhere) are dense and almost regular, on 

 the prothorax they are dense on the sides and form an 

 irregular stripe on each side of the middle ; on the elytra they 

 are dense in places, notably on the median third of the fourth 

 interstice and on parts of the seventh, but in places they are 

 very sparse or wanting ; the elytra are without setae, except 

 for a few on the apical slope. The sculpture of the prothorax 

 appears to consist of irregular transverse or oblique eleva- 

 tions, each crowned with a row of punctures or granules, but 

 where the scales are sparse the surface is very irregular. The 

 scutellum appears to be absent. The elytra have somewhat 

 irregular rows of large punctures, the majority of which are 

 more or less obscured by scales, the suture is somewhat 

 elevated posteriorly and has small granules throughout, and 

 granules are rather numerous on the basal third; about the 

 middle of each elytron there is a very irregular impression 

 (these at first appear to be accidental, but as they are much 

 alike on the two sides presumably they are normal). 



Onesorus tarsalis, n. sp. 



Reddish-castaneous, some parts darker. Clothed with 

 snowy-white scales, on the legs mixed with dense fine setae. 



Head gently convex between eyes, these rather briefly 

 ovate; inter-ocular fovea narrow. Rostrum moderately long, 



