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and a larger one, mixed with granules, near base ; fifth with 

 two rather small fascicles. Femora rather lightly dentate. 

 Length, 9 J- 11 mm. 



9 . Differs in having the rostrum distinctly thinner, 

 punctures concealed only on basal third, elsewhere polished, 

 and with minute punctures. Scape inserted slightly nearer 

 the middle of rostrum, and abdomen a trifle more convex. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns (E. Allen, J. A. Anderson, 

 F. P. Dodd, H. Hacker, and A. M. Lea). Type, I. 1540. 



Readily distinguished from prodigus by the prothorax 

 being bifasciculate in front instead of crested. The upper- 

 surface is much like that of many species of Desmidophorus. 

 The fascicles and the paler scales give the upper-surface a 

 somewhat mottled appearance. The patch of sooty scales on 

 the abdomen covers most of its surface. On the flanks of 

 prothorax there is a vague, sooty stripe, obliquely continued 

 on to each shoulder; and near apex of elytra there is a 

 narrow, transverse stripe of similar scales. On old or dirty 

 sjoecimens, however, the clothing of the upper-surface appears 

 to be of a more or less uniform muddy-brown. The sinuation 

 of the forehead is traceable, although partially masked by 

 scales. 



Cryptorhynchus apicipennis, n. sp. 



Black; antennse and parts of tarsi reddish. Apex of 

 prothorax and posterior declivity of elytra with dense 

 stramineous scales, fasciculate in places ; rest of upper-surface 

 glabrous, or sparsely and indistinctly clothed. TJnder- 

 surface with sparse, sooty scales, and a few stramineous spots. 

 Legs rather sparsely clothed. 



Head with dense punctures and an obtuse median ridge. 

 Kostrum rather long; with crowded and rather coarse 

 punctures, becoming smaller in front; with a rather feeble 

 median ridge. Prothorax moderately transverse, sides 

 strongly rounded; with a continuous median carina, narrow 

 at each end, and thickened in middle; with numerous large 

 granules, each with a frontal puncture. Scutellum round, 

 very distinct, and within a depression. Elytra elongate- 

 cordate, about one-third wider than prothorax ; with semi- 

 double rows of very large punctures or fovese, becoming small 

 posteriorly; with a few irregularly distributed granules. 

 Legs long; femora rather lightly dentate. Length, 10 mm. 



Hah. — Victoria (Blackburn's collection from C. French). 

 Type, I. 1521. 



The sculpture is unusually coarse, on part of the elytra 

 being suggestive of that of Melanterius semiporcatus, and this, 

 with the curious clothing, render the species very distinct. 



