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dense and rather coarse ones. Prothorax rather lightly 

 convex. Elytra feebly dilated to beyond the middle, and then 

 distinctly narrowed to apex; with rows of moderately large 

 punctures in deep strise, the punctures normally almost con- 

 cealed, but the striae moderately distinct. ^fetasternal 

 episferna narrow in middle, but traceable throughout. 

 Femora edentate, feebly grooved, especially the front pair, 

 hind ones almost extending to apex of elytra. Length, 

 2J-2| mm. 



9 . Differs in having the rostrum slightly longer and 

 thinner, less of the base clothed, and elsewhere more polished 

 and with smaller and sparser punctures. 



Hah. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine (A. M. Lea), 

 Type, I. 1515. 



On the prothorax there is a rather large obscure sooty 

 patch on each side of the base. On the third interstice of 

 each elytron there are two rather distinct fascicles : a fairly 

 elongate one at basal third, and a smaller one beyond the 

 middle; from the hind margin of the subbasal fascicle to the 

 shoulder there is an indistinct stripe of pale scales. On the; 

 prothorax the stout scales on one specimen form very feeble 

 fascicles across the middle, but on three others no fascicles 

 can be traced there. One specimen has the entire derm of a 

 rather pale-red, but this may be due to immaturity; it has 

 also traces of a second oblique fascia beyond the middle. 



Triptocis, n. g. 



Head of moderate size, base shining and impunctate. Eyes 

 rather small, widely separated, coarsely faceted. Rostrum 

 moderately long and not very thin, lightly curved. Antennae 

 moderately thin, scape inserted nearer apex than base of 

 rostrum, and the length of funicle, two basal joints of funicle 

 moderately long, the others very short, club subovate. Pro- 

 thorax transverse, sides rounded, base truncate. Scvtellum 

 absent. Elytra widest near base, thence decreasing to apex, 

 base truncate. Pectoral canal deep and wide, terminated 

 between middle coxae. Mesosternal receptacle strongly and 

 suddenly elevated, base strongly keeled, emargination strongly 

 transverse; cavernous. Metasternum very short; episterna 

 very thin. Abdomen large, first segment as long as three fol- 

 lowing combined, its apex almost straight, second as long as 

 third and fourth combined. Legi^ moderately long; femora 

 grooved and dentate ; tibiae compressed and moderately curved ; 

 tarsi thin. 



The polished forehead and very short metasternum indi- 

 cate that this genus is allied to Porofterus. The metasternal 

 episterna are extremely narrow, with the inner suture of each 



