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Hah. — Victorian Alps (Blackburn's collection). Type, 

 I. 1459. 



In appearance fairly close to the typical form of con- 

 ■spiciendus, but femora edentate. Much the build of ohliquus, 

 but femora and clothing different. The three conspicuous 

 tubercles on each elytron in line with the suture are probably 

 all on the third interstice, but the type being unique it has 

 not been abraded to make certain of this. As the basal 

 segment of its abdomen is distinctly depressed in the middle 

 it is probably a male. 



Athyreocis, n. g. 



Head comparatively large, convex, partly concealed from 

 above. Eyes feebly produced in front, widely separated, 

 coarsely faceted. Rostrum rather short and wide, sides 

 lightly but distinctly incurved to middle. Scape inserted 

 nearer base than apex of rostrum, much shorter than funicle ; 

 funicle with two basal joints elongate; club briefly ovate. 

 Prothorax lightly transverse, sides rounded, apex produced. 

 Scutellum apparently absent. Elytra closely applied to and 

 iDut little wider than prothorax, base trisinuate. Pectoral 

 canal deep and w^ide, terminated between middle coxse. Meso- 

 sternal receptacle feebly raised, emargination widely trans- 

 verse, cavernous. Metasternum very short; episterna narrow 

 in middle but traceable throughout, or indistinct. Abdomen 

 large ; two basal segments large, the suture between them 

 curved, second shorter than first, but longer than third and 

 fourth combined. Legs rather long and thin; femora not at 

 all or very feebly grooved, feebly or not at all dentate; tibiae 

 scarcely compressed, the front ones feebly bisinuate on lower- 

 surface. 



Allied to Exithius, but scutellum absent, head evenly 

 convex, and abdominal sutures distinct. The clothing is very 

 dense, and scattered amongst the adpressed scales are numer- 

 ous stiff erect ones, in places compacted into feeble fascicles. 

 The hind femora when placed in a line with the abdomen 

 extend to or just pass the tip of the elytra, except on 

 alhonotatiis; on one specimen of tarsalis they all appear to be 

 very feebly dentate, but this appearance may simply be due 

 to feeble clusters of scales ; on the four hind femora of 

 tibialis, however, teeth are certainly present. I was at first 

 inclined to regard the five species here described as belonging 

 to two genera, but as the only generic features in which they 

 differ are the metasternal episterna and the femora, and the 

 points of difference are only noticeable with difficulty, it was 

 considered advisable to treat them as belonging to but one 

 genus. In all the species there are dense round punctures on 



