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sixth each with a row of very small tubercles. Apical segment 

 of abdomen with an excavation extending almost its entire width, 

 deep in the middle , shallow at the sides , and feebly connected 

 with the middle of the base ; each side of its middle with a 

 small tubercle. Length (excluding rostrum) 15 — 17 mm. 



$. Differs in having the prothorax smaller , elytra wider 

 and more ovate, with the apex less widely rounded and the apical 

 segment of abdomen longer and not largely excavated. 



Hab. — Australia (Entomological Society). 



Very close in appearance to M- elevatus , but rostrum wider, 

 the median Channel wider and shallower, and at its apex traversed 

 by a fäirly deep impression , the sublateral sulci shorter and 

 shallower. From behind the elevated parts between the scrobes 

 are seen to form an M , but it is wider and less distinct than 

 in that species , with its median arms more widely separated. 

 The prothorax is wider with slightly larger with more obtuse 

 granules. The elytra have a row of tubercles on the second 

 interstice. The male also has the abdominal tubercles about 

 equi-distant from each other and the sides, instead of distinctly 

 nearer the sides. In the males of rugosus and rudis there are 

 two tubercles on each side of the excavation. 



Cu hico r r hync h u s m aculicollis n. sp. 



Male. Black. Very densely clothed almost all over with 

 pale muddy brown or ochreous grey scales , with paler spots in 

 places. With rather dense pale setae. 



Head with sculpture normally concealed , but with two 

 distinct granules on forehead , and a conical tubercle near each 

 eye. Prothorax about as long as wide , sides strongly rounded, 

 apex slightly wider than base and very feebly incurved to middle ; 

 with a feeble median line and with numerous small granules. 

 Elytra with regulär rows of rather shallow punctures ; basal half 

 with numerous small granules , absent or indistinct elsewhere ; 

 third and fifth interstices very feebly raised. Basal segment of 

 abdomen widely and gently concave. Legs granulated ; bind 

 tibiae very feebly curved, but distinctly thickend in middle, and 

 with numerous granules. Length 12 — 14 mm. 



Female. Differs in having the sides of prothorax less rounded, 

 with the granules at the sides less regulär, and forming a feeble 

 oblique ridge on each side from near the middle to the base. 

 Abdomen with basal segment convex. Legs without distinct 

 granules ; and bind tibiae thinner and straighter. 



