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another Evas (acuminata) published at the same time he 

 mentions the presence of three rows of such setne on the elytra. 

 West of Fraser Range. 



OTIOKIIYNCiriM. 

 PROXYRODES, gen. IIOV. 



Rostrum crassum quam caput baud longius ; scrobes apicales 

 abbreviatse, supra sat approximatte ; oculi subrotundati ; 

 antennas longae graciles, scapo arcuato prothoracem vix 

 attingentis, funiculo 7-articulato ; prothorax transversus, basi 

 apiceque subtruncatus, lateribus arcuatis ; scutellum modi- 

 cum ; elytra quam prothorax multo latiora ; pedes modici ; 

 femora abrupte clavata et subtus dente acuto armata ; corb- 

 uli postici aperti ; tarsorum articulus secundus minus brevis ; 

 unguiculi liberi ; metasternum minus breve ; abdominis seg- 

 menta basalia 2 sequalia, .3° 4° que conjunctis quam 2"" vix 

 longioribus, sutura prima fere recta ; processus intercoxalis 

 sat latus. 



The dentate femora of this genus distinguishes it from all its 

 Australian allies except Proxyrus, from which its slender 

 antennte, longer metasternum, kc, render it very distinct. 

 P. maculatus, sp. nov. Niger; squamis nigricantibus et non- 

 nuUis griseis intermixtis vestitus (his griseis caput pedes et 

 corpus subtus tota tegentibus, in prothorace bivittatim 

 positis, et in olytris limbum basin lateraque fimbriantem et 

 maculas parvas numerosas quadratas in disco positas form- 

 antibus) ; rostro supra subtiliter 3-carinato, carinis ex- 

 ternis antice divergentibus scrobes intus definientibus ; 

 antennarum funiculi articulis basalibus 2 elongatis, 1° (juain 

 2'" vix longiori, ceteris inter se suba;qualibus sat elongatis, 

 3° 4° que conjunctis quam 2°'' fere brevioribus, clava quam 

 articuli prsecedentes 3 conjuncti vix bi'eviori ; prothorace 

 transverso, antice truncato parum angustato, basi vix 

 leviter bisinuata, lateribus modice arcuatis, angulis posticis 

 (superne visis) acutis extrorsum directis ; elytris pilis sub- 

 erectis pallidis minus brevibus minus sparsim vestitis, 

 punctulato-striatis, interstitiis sat planis, basi leviter 

 bisinuata, humeris leviter extrorsum rotundato-prominulis. 

 Long., 2-2| 1. ; lat., ^-| 1. 

 Everard Range. 



IBASPOKA. 



/. terrea, Pasc. ? An insect taken on tlie Fraser Range is certainly, 

 I think, conspecific with the South Australian species to 

 which I have doubtfully attributed this name, and concerning 

 which a note of mine was published in Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.W., 1892, p. lis. 



