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punctures, obscured where the clothing is very dense; suture 

 with a few feeble granules. Basal segment of abdomen feebly 

 depressed in middle. Front leg8 much longer than the others; 

 all femora strongly dentate; tibige compressed, somewhat 

 curved, the middle ones angular near outer base. Length, 

 10^- mm. 



Kah. — Queensland: Rockhampton (R. Illidge). 



The type is dirty, evidently much abraded, and without 

 antennae (except for one scape), but the long front legs with 

 curiously clothed front tarsi render it very distinct, although 

 these characters are probably confined to the male. In my 

 table, on account of the middle tibiae, it would be associated 

 with intricatiis and intricatior, but it has little in common 

 with those species. On each elytron there is a very con- 

 spicuous spot of short scales, densely compacted together, from 

 the second interstice to the fifth, slightly beyond the middle, 

 and another near the base from the third to the shoulder. 

 On the prothorax there is a smaller spot on each side of the 

 middle towards apex; these spots are separated on the type, 

 but possibly are normally connected. On the rest of the 

 upper-surface the clothing appears to have been mostly 

 ochreous or whitish. The front tarsi have a very conspicuous 

 fringe of long hairs on each side, the hairs being considerably 

 longer than the joints are wide. Possibly on specimens in 

 good condition the spots noted are eye-like in character and 

 variegated, but on the type they have a muddy appearance. 



Perissops piscicorpus, n. sp. 



Of a dingy-red, in parts obscurely stained with black. 

 Densely clothed with soft, pale, fawn-coloured scales; on the 

 elytra somewhat variegated. 



Head with punctures normally concealed ; inter-ocular 

 fovea narrow. Eyes with rather coarse facets. Rostrum wide 

 and feebly curved, basal third with sculpture concealed, then 

 with rather dense and coarse punctures to antennae, in front 

 of same shining and with small but clearly-defined punctures. 

 Scape inserted in middle of rostrum, distinctly shorter than 

 funicle. Prothorax moderately transverse, apex more than 

 half the width of base; punctures normally more or less con- 

 cealed; with a feeble median carina. Elytra moderately 

 convex, distinctly, but not much, wider than prothorax, 

 parallel-sided to beyond the middle; with rows of large 

 partially-concealed punctures, becoming small posteriorly; 

 with some small more or less concealed granules. Under- 

 surface with dense partially-concealed punctures. Basal 

 segment of abdomen feebly convex, its apex feebly incurved 



