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fovea deep but not ver}^ large. Eyes finely faceted. Rostrum 

 rather wide, notched on each side of base ; with dense punc- 

 tures, not very large in front of antennae, coarser and rugose 

 behind same, and leaving three feeble ridges. Scape inserted 

 two-fifths from apex of rostrum, not much shorter than 

 funicle. Prothorax moderately transverse, subconical : with 

 numerous small punctures, the sides with large unevenly dis- 

 tributed ones. Elytra strongly convex, outlines continuous 

 with those of prothorax ; with rows of rather small punctures 

 in feeble striae, sutural interstice wide, strongly elevated to 

 middle, w^ith dense transverse granules to beyond the middle, 

 sparser ones for a shorter distance on second, and a few on 

 third. Femora stout, strongly dentate; tibiae compressed, 

 lightly curved, the front ones feebly bisinuate on lower- 

 surface. Length, 8^-12 mm. 



9 • Differs in being wider and much less convex^ 

 especially in middle of elytra, rostrum thinner, shining, with 

 much smaller and sparser punctures, and without subbasal 

 ridges; antennae inserted not quite so close to apex of 

 rostrum ; basal segment of abdomen gently convex, instead 

 of feebly concave in middle, and bisinuation of front tibiae 

 less pronounced. 



Hah. — Queensland: Mackay (C. French). 



Close to mucidi(s, but with more uniform clothing be- 

 tween the spots, these being less distinct, except that on each 

 elytron there is a conspicuous pale submedian spot at a posi- 

 tion where (on mi(cidus) W\e spotting is less noticeable. The 

 head has three spots, but the parts between them are also 

 moderately clothed. The abdomen is moderately clothed, but 

 the scales are denser in parts, so that it appears to be feebly 

 trivirgate. On the prothorax there are some sooty scales scat- 

 tered about. The derm is really of a deep-black, but the 

 clothing causes it to appear a dingy-brown. The fifth, ninth, 

 and tenth striae are fairly deep near the base of the elytra, but 

 do not extend to the base itself. 



Perissops tarsalis, n. sp. 

 d . Black. Densely clothed in parts. 

 Head densely and rather coarsely punctured ; ocular 

 fovea indistinct. Eyes large and finely faceted. Rostrum 

 rather long, thin, and moderately curved; basal two-thirds 

 with dense and coarse punctures, and a narrow median carina, 

 elsewhere smooth and with minute punctures. Prothorax 

 moderately transverse, subconical; with small and rather 

 dense punctures, and with fairly large ones, becoming almost 

 regular on the sides. Elytra strongly convex, outlines subcon- 

 tinuous with those of prothorax ; with rows of large deep 

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