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very feebly impressed, and the hind tip disappearing under the 

 elytra, so that in an (at present manuscript) table of the allies 

 of PorojJteriis, it would be associated with Gymnoporo'pterus, 

 to which in fact it appears to be close, but from which it differs 

 in its dentate femora and more rounded eyes, with decidedly 

 coarser facets. 



Triptocis puncticollis, n. sp. 



Black, in places feebly diluted with red ; sides of elytra 

 with a bluish gloss; antennse and tarsi red. Prothorax with a 

 few whitish scales on sides, elsewhere almost glabrous ; elytra 

 -with greyish scales in sutural region. Legs moderately densely, 

 the under-surface more sparsely, clothed. 



Head with dense and coarse punctures in front, elsewhere 

 polished and without distinct pimctures. Rostrum about as 

 long as front femora, sides very feebly increasing in width to 

 apex; near base with coarse punctures, -elsewhere with much 

 smaller but distinct ones ; with a narrow median line on basal 

 two-thirds. Prothorax moderately transverse, apex more than 

 half the width of middle ; with dense and rather coarse, 

 clearly-defined punctures. Elytra strongly convex, subcordate, 

 sides oblique from base to basal fourth, thence rapidly 

 decreasing in width to apex ; each with three rows of fairly 

 large punctures in distinct striae towards suture ; elsewhere 

 "with smaller and more distant punctures, in very feeble striae. 

 Under-surface with rather coarse punctures. Legs coarsely 

 punctuted ; front femora feebly grooved and feebly dentate, 

 the others more distinctly grooved and moderately dentate. 

 Length, 2 J mm. 



Z?^a6.— Queensland : Mount Tambourine, from rotting 

 leaves (A. M. Lea). Type, I. 1519. 



The major portion of the side of each elytron appears to 

 be normally glabrous and highly polished, with a distinct 

 steely-blue gloss ; the sutural portion is moderately clothed for 

 a space extending to about three interstices from the suture 

 itself, and is of a dingy-red, with distinct rows of punctures. 



Anchithyrus RETicuLATUS, Lea. 

 The type of this species is a small male. I have recently 

 taken nine specimens in the Cairns district ranging in length 

 from 3j to 4^^ mm. Although generally black, the derm is 

 sometimes of a dark reddish-brown. The male has the rostrum 

 with sides distinctly incurved to middle, and antennae inserted 

 almost in exact middle ; its basal half has coarse but more or 

 less concealed punctures. The female has rostrum longer, some- 

 what thinner, with coarse punctures only near base, elsewhere 

 shining, and with rather small but clearly-defined punctures ; 

 the sides at the basal third are almost parallel, but thence 



