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Vndtr-surface with dense concealed punctures. Legs rather 

 short; hind femora scarcely extending to apical segment. 

 Length, 8-10 mm. 



. Differs in having apical two-thirds of rostrum 

 glabrous, with small but clearly-defined punctures, and 

 obscurely reddish. Scape inserted nearer base of rostrum; 

 large elytral fascicles smaller, and basal segment of abdomen 

 rather more convex. 



Hah. — North Queensland (Dresden Museum, No. 14903, 

 from E. Weiske); Cairns district (A. M. Lea). Type, I. 

 1481. 



The large fascicles are on the middle of the third inter- 

 stice of each elytron. The scales composing them are wide 

 and thin, so that from certain directions they appear to be 

 almost hair-like; there are other but much smaller fascicles 

 on the posterior declivity and about the base; the extreme 

 apex has four feeble fascicles, so that it appears to be tri- 

 sinuate. On the prothorax there is a distinct fascicle on each 

 side of apex, and some feeble ones across middle. There is 

 sometimes a feeble sooty ring on each tibia. There are at 

 least five impressions on the pronotum : a medio-basal isolated 

 one of rather small size, a larger one on each side of middle, 

 and a less distinct one in front of each of same ; but these 

 sometimes subconfluent; but there are also sometimes smaller 

 depressions on the margins. The specimens from the Cairns 

 district (seven) were taken, in company with some small bees, 

 feeding at a resinous substance, exuding from a kauri pine 

 (Agathis rohusta) near Nelson. 



Menios. 



In the table of genera allied to Cluetecteforus^'^'^'i this genus 

 was placed with those (C. C.) having the metasternum longer 

 than the first abdominal segment ; and this is certainly the 

 case with the typical species, iiiternatus : but in nebulosus and 

 alhifasciatus it is a trifle shorter. 



Menios sinuatus, n. sp.- 



d . Reddish-brown, in parts somewhat paler. Very 

 densely clothed with pale fawn-coloured scales, conspicuously 

 variegated with snowy and sooty spots ; with numerous stout 

 suberect scales scattered about, and in places compacted into 

 fascicles. 



Head with concealed punctures. Rostrum rather wide, 

 lightly curved, sides feebly incurved to middle; punctures 



(22)Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 1909, pp. 594-595. 



