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EURYMETOPOCIS BILOBUS, n. Sp. 



Densely clotlied with somewhat variegated scales, mixed 

 with stouter ones, condensed in places into fascicles. 



Head evidently with dense but entirely-concealed punc- 

 tures ; with a distinct inter-ocular fovea. Rostrum on apical 

 half with small but clearly-defined punctures, elsewhere con- 

 cealed. Prothorax slightly longer than wide, basal two-thirds 

 parallel-sided, apex somev/hat dilated and distinctly bilobed, 

 derm concealed. Elytra about twice the length of prothorax, 

 and base about one-fourth wider, sides somewhat uneven ; with, 

 rows of large punctures, traceable through clothing ; with a 

 very conspicuous tubercle crowned with stout scales on third 

 interstice near base ; third, fifth, and seventh with small fas- 

 cicles or tubercles on basal half. Length, 6 J mm. 



Hah. — ^Queensland: Cairns district (A. M. Lea). Type, 

 I. 1476. 



The tarsi, antennae, apical half of rostrum, and under- 

 parts of head more or less reddish, but the rest of the insect 

 is so densely clothed that the derm is concealed, and the type 

 being unique and in beautiful condition it has not been 

 partially abraded. It v/as beaten from a newly-felled tree at 

 Malanda. On the prothorax most of the scales are of a dingy- 

 brown, the sides and apex are fringed with stouter ones, and 

 there are two fascicles on the disc. On the basal half of the 

 elytra (except for a large scutellar fawn-coloured patch) the 

 scales are similarly coloured, but on the apical half they are 

 whitish-grey ; on the under-surface, legs, head, and base of 

 rostrum the scales are mostly of a greyish-brown, mixed with 

 stouter and darker ones. From the sides the apex of the pro- 

 thorax appears as a wide flat ridge, overhanging the head. 



Therebiosoma variegatum, n. sp. 



d" . Black ; antennae of a dingy-red. Densely clothed 

 with stout variegated scales. 



Head with dense normally-concealed punctures. Rostrum 

 moderately stout, slightly decreasing in width from base to 

 antennae, thence parallel-sided to apex ; basal two-fifths with 

 coarse partially-concealed punctures, elsewhere with smaller 

 but cleary-defined ones, an impunctate line along middle 

 between antenna. Antennae rather stout; scape inserted 

 slightly nearer apex than base of rostrum, about half the 

 length of funicle and club combined ; first joint of funicle 

 about as long as second and third combined, second about as 

 long as third and fourth combined. Prothorax moderately 

 transverse, sides strongly rounded, base strongly bisinuate and 

 more than twice the width of apex ; with dense normally- 

 concealed punctures and with a feeble median carina. Elytra 



