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Brachycis thoracicus, n. sp. 



Blackish; antennae and tarsi obscurely reddish. Densely 

 clothed with very pale-brown or fawn-coloured scales, becom- 

 ing darker on posterior half of elytra, and on a large oval 

 median space on prothorax. Scales of under-surface of body 

 and of legs mostly whitish. 



Head with punctures normally concealed. Rostrum 

 slightly longer than prothorax, sides dilated about base, but 

 almost parallel elsewhere; sides about base with coarse 

 partially-concealed punctures, in middle of base feebly ridged ; 

 elsewhere with small but clearly-defined punctures. Pro- 

 thorax twice as wide as long, middle with a wide depression, 

 bounded in front by a conspicuous semicircular ridge, between 

 each side of the ridge and the margins strongly bisinuate; 

 with very dense and small normally-concealed punctures. 

 Elytra not much wider than long, base the width of base of 

 prothorax, and somewhat sinuous, parallel-sided to about the 

 middle, and then widely rounded ; with rows of rather small 

 partially-concealed punctures; suture rather strongly elevated 

 and granulate in middle, third interstice with two elongated 

 tubercles, one about basal third, the other submedian, fourth 

 with a feeble swelling midway between the two on third, 

 fifth with a rather strong one at about basal third ; elsewhere 

 with a few slight swellings, posterior declivity long and 

 abrupt. Under-surface with dense punctures. Length, 

 6-8 mm. 



Hah. — Australia (Blackburn's collection); Queensland: 

 Darling Downs (C. French); Mount Tambourine (R. Illidge). 

 Type, I. 1480. 



From above the prothorax appears to have a wide median 

 lobe overhanging the head, with a smaller lobe on each side 

 between it and the margin. From in front the apical sides 

 appear to be cut away with three obtuse tubercles bounding 

 the hind portion of each excavation. In Mr, H. Hacker's 

 private collection (now in the Berlin Museum) there was a 

 specimen of this species with subopaque and finely-carinated 

 rostrum ; it is probably a male, in which case the three typical 

 specimens are probably females. Commander J. J. Walker 

 had a specimen from Mittagong (New South Wales) much 

 smaller and darker than the types. 



Odosyllis scutellaris, n. sp. 



Black; antennae and tarsi more or less reddish. Densely 

 clothed with ochreous-brown scales, variegated with small 

 obscure spots of sooty and of whitish ones. 



Head with coarse punctures and a few shining granules. 

 Rostrum moderately long, sides distinctly inflated towards, 



