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on sides and smaller posteriorly ; interstices as wide as, or 

 wider, than seriate punctures, feebly wrinkled, with small 

 granules, the alternate ones lightly but distinctly elevated, 

 and carinated along middle. Metasternum obtusely ridged 

 on each side between coxse ; episterna each with a continuous 

 row of punctures. Abdomen with first segment rather short, 

 flat in middle ; second not much longer than third, third and 

 fourth rather larger than usual, and each with two distinct 

 rows of punctures across middle. Ze^s stout; femora strongly 

 grooved and feebly dentate; four front tibiae feebly, the others 

 moderately, dilated at apex. Length, 6 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine (A. M. Lea). 

 Type, I. 1305. 



In size and general appearance strikingly close to pollux^ 

 but with the third and fifth interstices elevated above the 

 adjacent ones. The teeth of the four front femora are very 

 small and acute, but on the hind pair they are very feeble. 



Tyrt^osus punctirostris, n. sp. 



Black, elytra in places diluted with red; antennae and 

 tarsi reddish. Moderately clothed with scales and setae, mostly 

 ashen or ochreous, but in places sooty. 



Head with large but comparatively shallow punctures in 

 front, becoming smaller posteriorly. Eyes separated almost 

 the width of rostrum at base; a feeble depression behind each. 

 Rostrum comparatively short and stout, slightly dilated to 

 apex ; with dense and coarse punctures of almost even size 

 throughout. Antennae rather short; club large. Prothorax 

 strongly transverse, sides feebly increasing in width from base^ 

 to apical third, and then suddenly narrowed; with dense, 

 large, non-confluent punctures; median carina very feeble, 

 and traceable only about middle. EJi^fra elongate-cordate, 

 each separately rounded at base, and without subhumeral 

 incision; with rows of large punctures, in rather shallow 

 striae, and becoming smaller posteriorly; interstices much 

 narrower than striae, and each with a row of small punctures. 

 Metasternum with very obtuse ridges en each side between 

 coxae ; episterna each with an interrupted row of sparse 

 punctures. Abdomen with first segment rather short and 

 feebly depressed along middle, third and fourth each with 

 two rows of setiferous punctures. Legs stout; femora rather 

 lightly dentate; hind tibiae feebly dilated to apex. Length, 

 5 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Cairns district (A. M. Lea). Type, 

 I. 1306. 



With an unusually stout and coarsely-punctured rostrum, 

 much as in crassirostris (the punctures are quite as coarse- 



