522 Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1910. 



narrow ; third and fourth rather large and flat , their combined 

 length slightly more than that of second or fifth. Legs short ; 

 hind coxae touching elytra ; femora edentate, widely but shallowly 

 grooved , hind terminated before apex of abdomen ; tibiae short, 

 straight (except at extreme base), of almost equal width throughout; 

 tarsi almost as long as tibiae, third Joint wide and deeply bilobed, 

 fourth rather long and thin. Elongate , cylindrical , squamose, 

 winged, 



A very distinct genus, not close to any with which I am 

 acquainted. Although with wings and a large metasternum it 

 may be placed with the allies of Poropterus , on account of the 

 narrow metasternal episterna, and short stout and coarsely- sculp- 

 tured rostrum. 



342. rthop or opterus elong atus n. sp. 



Black , antennae dull red. Densely clothed with small soft 

 scales, varying from a pale dingy yellow, to yellowish-brown, or 

 dark brown ; with longer stouter scales (suberect and moderately 

 dark on prothorax, stramineous and depressed on elytra) scattered 

 about and forming lines on the elytra. Under surface sparsely 

 clothed ; abdomen glabrous, except sides of three apical segments. 



Head convex; punctures dense but concealed. Rostrum stout, 

 moderately curved, sides very feebly incurved to middle ; densely, 

 coarsely and (apparently) irregularly punctate. Scape inserted at 

 apical third of rostrum ; first Joint of funicle stouter and slightly 

 shorter than second. Prothorax strongly transverse, base deci- 

 dedly but not deeply bisinuate ; densely punctate. Elytra slightly 

 wider than prothorax , and fully thrice as long , parallel-sided 

 almost to apex, which is widely rounded ; seriate-punctate. Basal 

 Segment of abdomen with moderately large, round, deep punctures ; 

 second with sparser and smaller ones ; fifth densely punctate ; 

 third and fourth each with a row of moderately small ones. Hind 

 femora terminated before penultimate segment ; under surface of 

 tibiae with three shallow grooves. Length 6 mm. 



Hab. — N. S. Wales (Entomological Society) ; Queensland : 

 Cairns (E. Allen), Port Denison (Macleay Museum). 



The clothing is so dense as to entirely conceal the derm, 

 except on parts of the abdomen. On the elytra the scales (except 

 that they are darker at base and apex) are pale ; on the pro- 

 thorax they are considerably darker, but with several very feeble 

 pale spots, the scales on the legs are mostly dark ; on the head 

 there is a very distinct patch of pale scales shaped somewhat 

 like an oak leaf, commencing between the eyes and trifurcate on 

 forehead. The elytra are evidently seriate (or striate) punctate, 



