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MlCRAONYCHUS CINERASCENS, n. Sp. 



Dark piceous-brown, rostrum and parts of antennae and 

 of legs reddish or diluted with red. Densely clothed with 

 round, obscurely whitish scales, interspersed with numerous 

 sooty ones; but the sooty ones rather sparse on legs and almost 

 absent from under-surface. 



Head with punctures entirely concealed. Rostrum long, 

 thin, and lightly curved, with small punctures concealed only 

 about extreme base. Prothorax moderately transverse, base 

 not much wider than apex ; punctures dense and normally 

 concealed. Elytra distinctly wider than prothorax, parallel- 

 sided to near apex; with rows of more or less quadrate, deep 

 punctures, close together, but frequently concealed. Length, 

 2f-3 mm. 



Hah. — South Australia: Port Lincoln, Kangaroo Island 

 (A. M. Lea). Type, I. 2088. 



At a glance apparently belonging to Misophrice and with 

 the general appearance of argentata and alternata; but with 

 a distinct pectoral canal, which extends to the abdomen y 

 although becoming very shallow posteriorly. There are 

 numerous subdepressed setae (distinctly visible from the sides 

 only) amongst the elytral scales. 



BRENTHIDAE. 



EUPSALIS PICTIPENNIS, II. sp. 



PL xxxii., fig. 3. 

 d . Bright castaneous, some parts narrowly darker, 

 elytra with elongate flavous spots or vittae. 



Head, from slightly in advance of eyes to insertion of 

 antennae, irregularly excavated and very uneven ; mandibles 

 bifid or trilid at tips, internally with several small tubercles. 

 Antennae with joints more or less cylindrical, the eleventh 

 elongate. Prothorax smooth, with a few minutely setiferous 

 punctures at sides, sides rather strongly dilated to beyond the 

 middle and then abruptly narrowed at base, a transverse line 

 parallel with the 'base, the space between longitudinally 

 rugose. Elytra slightly narrower than prothorax, almost 

 parallel-sided to near apex ; with regular deep striae, mostly 

 suddenly terminating near apex, the striae mostly with deep 

 and large punctures, but becoming smaller towards suture, 

 sides, and apex; interstices impunctate op almost so. Femora 

 stout, finely and acutely dentate; tibiae notched for reception 

 of tarsi ; true fourth joint of tarsi small, but quite distinct 

 between lobes of third. Length (including mandibles), 

 17-19 mm. 



