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Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1910. 



Head with dense but almost concealed punctures ; interocular 

 fovea deep and moderately wide. Rostrum about once and one 

 half as long as greatest width ; with a conspicuous median carina, 

 on each side of which is a groove , that commencing very nar- 

 rowly at its base, becomes dilated and shallower tili it disappears 

 near the apex. Prothorax with numerous largc irregulär granules 

 or small tubercles , larger (and each with a puncture) on each 

 side of middle than elsewhere; with some coarse irregularly 

 distributed punctures ; middlo widely impressed, and with a feeble 

 carina. Elytra with rows of extremely coarse punctures or foveae, 

 becoming smaller, but still large posteriorly; Shoulders tuberculate; 

 preapical callosities conical and distinct ; with numerous granules 

 towards base sides and apex , but sparse in middle. Intercoxal 

 process of mesosternum moderately acute. Tibiae apparently not 

 denticulate. Length 16 — 18 mm. 



Hab. — Australia (Entomological Society of Berlin and 

 A. Bovie) ; N. S. Wales (Macleay Museum). 



The median impression of the prothorax appears to divide it 

 into two lobes. On the elytra there are two (one near the basal 

 third and one near the apical third) transverse narrow spaces, 

 where the punctures are much smaller and the granules more 

 numerous than in their immediate vicinity. 



Differs from excavata^ by its much coarser punctures, by the 

 third interstice being nowhere elevated into distinct tubercles, 

 and by the fourth not tuberculate near base. The head and 

 prothorax are unusually small in proportion to the elytra. On 

 one of the specimens before me there are several dense patches 

 of an ochreous meal. 



.vy op s p sticalis n. sp. 



Reddish-piceous 5 elytra and appendages somewhat paler. 

 Densely (in places rather sparsely) clothed with setae and scales 

 of a snowy whiteness. 



Head with dense and rather coarse but more or less con- 

 cealed punctures ; interocular fovea rather small. Rostrum scarcely 

 longer than greatest width ; with a very feeble median carina ; 

 and with coarse, irregulär, punctures. Prothorax coarsely granu- 

 late-punctate ; almost evenly convex ; with a feeble and irregulär 

 median carina. Elytra almost parallel - sided from Shoulders to 

 near apex ; with rows of large, often conjoined punctures, becoming 

 smaller posteriorly ; interstices with numerous granules, the third 

 strongly elevated at base and to a less extent elsewhere. Inter- 

 coxal process of mesosternum somewhat feeble. Tibiae not very 

 strongly denticulate. Length 9^/2 — 10^2 ^^ni. 



