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first segment, second distinctly longer than third, but not 

 as long as third and fourth combined. Legs rather long; 

 front femora distinctly dentate, the others edentate; front 

 tibiae with a strong median tooth, and a small subapical one, 

 in addition to the terminal hook. Length, 11| mm. 



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

 I. 1529. 



The type of this very fine, but somewhat aberrant, species 

 "is evidently in perfect condition, and its head has not been 

 -detached so that the base could be examined. Most of the 

 derm is nude, but on the prothorax there is a moderately 

 •distinct line of pale scales towards each side, and a few scat- 

 tered about on the sides and apex. On the elytra the suture 

 (except about base) is distinctly clothed with rusty scales, and 

 a few are irregularly scattered about elsewhere, but the paler 

 scales form feeble irregular spots, mostly about the middle. 

 The legs are moderately densely clothed. All the tibiae are 

 finely serrated along their lower edges, but the serrations are 

 obscured by scales ; the median tooth of the front pair, how- 

 ever, is very strong. The elytra are not at all striated, except 

 at the sides, although the punctures are seriate in arrange- 

 ment. The prothoracic sculpture is very different to that of 

 any other species of the genus. 



Decilaus curvipes, n. sp. 



Black; antennae and tarsi of a dingy-red. Moderately 

 densely clothed with stout greyish or stramineous scales, inter- 

 spersed with brown and sooty ones ; denser on legs (where 

 they are interspersed with stout setse) than elsewhere. 



Head with dense, normally - concealed punctures. 

 Rostrum stout, moderately curved ; behind antennas with 

 several partially-concealed grooves. Antennae inserted about 

 one-third from apex of rostrum ; scape about the length of 

 five following joints; club subcontinuous with funicle. Pro- 

 thorax rather lightly transverse; sides strongly rounded, apex 

 about half the width of base; with dense, large, round 

 punctures; with a short and feeble median carina. Elytra 

 oblong-ovate, base not as wide as middle of prothorax; with 

 rows of large, and generally somewhat transverse or angular, 

 punctures. Mesosternal rece/ptade elevated from base to 

 apex, emargination widely transverse. Two basal segments of 

 abdomen with dense and coarse punctures, three apical seg- 

 ments considerably below level of the others. Legs short and 

 stout; front tibiae strongly curved downwards in middle, 

 with a subapical tooth, in addition to the strong apical hook; 

 third tarsal joint rather deeply bilobed, but scarcely wider 

 than second. Length, 6-8 mm. 



