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TyRT,EOSUS APICICOLLIS, 11. Sp. 



Reddish-brown, in parts obscurely stained with darker 

 larowu. Moderately clothed with fawn-coloured scales. 



Head with numerous, but not crowded, punctures of 

 moderate size'; a rather narrow depression behind each eye. 

 Eyes separated the width of extreme base of rostrum. 

 Rostrum moderately long, thin, and parallel-sided, notched 

 on each side of base; basal half with coarse crowded 

 punctures, apical half with much smaller, but sharply defined, 

 ones. Prothorax moderately transverse; with dense, large, 

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

 and not traceable to base or apex; near apex deeply trans- 

 versely impressed across middle. Elytra about one-fourth 

 wider than prothorax, sides parallel to beyond the middle, 

 subhumeral sinus scarcely traceable; with rows of large, but 

 partially concealed, punctures; interstices much wider than 

 punctures, each with a partially concealed median row of 

 granules. Metasternum without a conspicuous ridge on each 

 side between coxae; punctures of episterna interrupted. 

 Abdomen rather large, first segment not as long as second 

 and third combined, second much shorter than third and 

 fourth combined; these each with two irregular rows of 

 squamiferous punctures across middle. Legs comparatively 

 thin: femora feebly dentate; tibiae not dilated to apex. 

 Xength, 5 mm. 



Hah. — Australia (Blackburn's collection). Type, I. 1313. 



The apex of the prothorax is conspicuously elevated in 

 front, owing to the deep subapical impression. The clothing 

 on the upper-surface on the type is not variegated, but, as 

 it is not uniformly distributed, the surface appears somewhat 

 speckled. The head and exposed parts of the body have a 

 bluish iridescence, but it is very faint and could easily be 

 overlooked. 



Tyrt^osus modicus, n. sp. 



Piceous-brown, in parts obscurely diluted with red; 

 anten,nag and tarsi of a dingy-red. Prothorax with a dingy 

 scale in each puncture, not, or scarcely, rising to general level, 

 but with a feeble median line of longer and paler scales, and 

 remnants of a line on each side. Elytra with rather dense 

 and somewhat ochreous scales, with irregular spots or patches 

 of sooty ones. Under-surface and legs with pale scales, 

 sparser on abdomen than elsewhere. 



Head with dense and rather coarse punctures. Eyes 

 separated the width of extreme base of rostrum, a narrow 

 depression behind each. Rostrum not very long, fairly stout, 

 almost parallel-sided ; basal half with coarse partially- 

 concealed punctures, apical half with smaller (but not very 



