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-although closely applied to the prothorax, are decidedly wider 

 near the base, so that the outlines are not continuous with 

 those of the prothorax as in the preceding species. The type 

 appears to be a female. Another specimen, evidently also a 

 female, may represent a variety; it differs in lia%'ing the 

 femora less strongly dentate and without a granule in the 

 • emargination. 



MeLANTERIUS MiESTUS, n. sp. 



(S . Black; rostrum, antennae, legs, and tip of pro- 

 'thorax and of elytra reddish. Elytra with a row of small 

 but distinct setse on each side of each interstice; prothorax, 

 under-surface, and legs moderately clothed. 



E^es separated almost the width of rostrum at base. 

 Rostrum long and thin, punctures linear in arrangement 

 behind antennae, and leaving a median carina. Scape thin, 

 inserted one-third from apex of rostrum, the length of funicle; 

 first joint of funicle as long as second and third combined., 

 Prothorax rather strongly transverse; with dense and rather 

 small punctures. Elytra elongate-cordate, base trisinuate, 

 sides moderately rounded; with rather distant punctures, in 

 •deep narrow strise; interstices ridged along middle, the first 

 only on posterior declivity, the second to fourth from near 

 middle, the others almost to base, vdth dense punctures almost 

 as large as those on prothorax but less regular. Basal segment 

 of ahdouien somewhat flattened in middle. Femora rather 

 stout, moderately dentate. Length, 3^-3f mm. 



9 . Differs in having the body parts not quite black, the 

 rostrum thinner and slightly longer, with smaller and sparser 

 junctures, less linear in arrangement, and antennas inserted 

 nearer middle; basal segment of abdomen evenly convex, and 

 tibial hooks stronger. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cunnamulla (H. Hardcastle). 



In general appearance extremely close to acacice, but 

 second and third interstices of elytra not at all carinate on 

 basal third, punctures of under-surface larger, and the scales 

 in same smaller, rostrum thinner in both sexes, and spur of 

 four front tibiae of female commencing halfway down the 

 apical slope, instead of at summit of same.- In my table w^ould 

 be associated with interstitialis, incom'ptus, and tristis; from 

 inco77ipti(s distinguished by its considerably narrower form, 

 from the others by its distinctly narrower and longer rostrum, 

 and thinner antennae. The female has a moderately distinct 

 ■smooth median line on the prothorax, but on the male it is 

 scarcely traceable. 



Another male from Cunnamulla differs from the type 

 in having the clothing of the prothorax and under-surface 

 ^distinctly longer, that of the former distinctly rising above the 



