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TyrTuEOsus concinnus, n. sp. 



Velvety-black, in places obscurely diluted with red; 

 antennae and tarsi reddish. With rather dense, fawn-coloured 

 scales, on the prothorax forming three distinct longitudinal 

 lines, and on the elytra closely compacted into numerous small 

 spots; prothorax between the stripes and elytral interstices 

 with longer and usually paler scales. Head and legs densely, 

 the under-surface rather sparsely, clothed. 



Head with dense but more or less concealed punctures. 

 Eyes widely separated, no depression behind them. Rostrum 

 moderately long, sides distinctly increasing in width towards, 

 but notched at, base ; basal third with rather coarse and 

 somewhat crowded punctures, elsewhere with sparse and more 

 or less minute punctures, but absent from middle. Prothonix 

 strongly transverse; median carina absent. Elytra sub- 

 €ordate, not much wider than prothorax, with rows of large, 

 deep punctures, becoming much smaller posteriorly; inter- 

 stices on basal half much narrower than striae, but becoming 

 wider and flatter till on the posterior declivity they become 

 distinctly wider than the striae. Mesosternal receptacle and 

 ahdonien as in preceding species. Metasternum not ridged 

 ■on each side between coxae ; episterna each with an interrupted 

 row of punctures. Legs moderately long; femora rather 

 feebly grooved and lightly dentate ; tibiae all somewhat nar- 

 rowed to apex. Length, 5| mm. 



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



I. isn. 



A rather pretty little species ; at first appearing like a 

 large specimen of the preceding one ; but clothing denser 

 (notably on the legs), elytral interstices narrower, and 

 antennal insertion not quite the same. The clothing if at all 

 constant (it is evidently in perfect condition on the type) 

 should render the species every distinct. To the naked eye 

 the prothorax appears to have a dark spot on each side of 

 the base, the derm there being glabrous; on the elytra the 

 fawn-coloured scales form numerous small spots, and one 

 larger one on the middle of each ; each of the larger ones is 

 rendered more conspicuous by a small spot of sooty scales 

 l^efore and one after it; there is also a similar sooty spot 

 common to the second and third interstices at about one-fifth 

 from the apex. The prothoracic punctures are so placed that 

 each appears to be bounded behind by a transverse or semi- 

 circular granule, these being very conspicuous from in front. 



Tyrt.eosus brevirostris, n. sp. 

 d" . Black, sometimes obscurely diluted with red; 

 •antennae and tarsi reddish. Rather densely clothed with stout 



