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longitudinally confluent : median carina strong. Kh/fra slightly 

 wider than in the preceding species, the punctures more dis- 

 tant and shallower, and the striae wider and shallower. Meta- 

 sterniun with a strong oblique ridge on each side between 

 coxae, and a distinct subcoiiical tubercle between each ridge 

 and medio-basal impression ; punctures of episterna strong 

 but not continuous. Ahdovn-n with a distinct row of 

 punctures across each of the third and fourth segments; first 

 gently concave in middle, second suddenly but not strongly 

 depressed below level of first. Le<i)< stout; femora strongly 

 dentate; hind tibiae rather strongly dilated to apex. Length, 

 ^-^ mm. 



9 . Differs from the male, as does the female of the pre- 

 ceding species. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns district (E. Allen, F. P. 

 Dodd, A. M. Lea). Type, I. 1302. 



The outer walls of the punctures, along the median half 

 of the prothorax, are more or less tilted, so that, from certain 

 directions, the derm there appears to be covered with numer- 

 -ous slightly-waved carinae. At a glance specimens of this 

 species appear to be simply large ones of the preceding species, 

 but there are seventeen of it before me and forty-eight of the 

 former, and the differences noted are constant. 



Tyrt^eosus nigromaculatus, n. sp. 



(S . Reddish-castaneous, in places more or less deeply 

 stained or spotted with black. Clothed with stramineous 

 scales, some on the prothorax and under-surface almost setose 

 in character, but mostly fairly stout ; elytra with wide, 

 depressed scales, more or less congested into feeble spots in 

 the striae. Legs w^ith numerous thin whitish setae. 



Redd with rather dense punctures, becoming coarser in 

 front ; a distinct impression behind each eye ; these fairly 

 ■close together in front. Rostrum moderately long, basal half 

 with coarse dense punctures, becoming smaller and more 

 sharply defined in front. Prothorax w^ith strongly rounded 

 sides; with large round punctures, nowhere confluent; median 

 carina very feeble and scarcely traceable to apex. Elytra 

 with punctures, striae, and interstices much as in fiavonotatys. 

 Metasternum with a rather strong oblique ridge on each side 

 between coxae, and with a rather small tubercle between each 

 ridge and medio-basal impression ; punctures of episterna not 

 ■continuous. Abdomen with an irregular (semi-double) row 

 of punctures across each of the third and fourth segments, 

 basal segment gently concave. Legs stout; femora strongly 

 dentate; hind tibiae strongly dilated to apex. Length, 

 ■6-8 mm. 



