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This species might have been, with ahiiost equal pro- 

 priety, referred to Ti/rtceosus. But, as it is obviously very 

 close to Perissops rohic/inosiis, it has been referred to the 

 genus of the latter. From that species it differs in its smaller 

 size, decidedly thinner tibiae, and different mesosternal 

 receptacle. In rohiginosus (although not mentioned in the- 

 original description) the base of the receptacle has a small 

 tubercle on each side, so that it appears to be bilobed (this 

 appearance, however, is sometimes obscured by scales), and 

 the front portion rises rather abruptly. In the present species 

 the receptacle has a shorter and evenly-rounded or truncate 

 base, and is decidedly less elevated. If the species was re- 

 garded as a Tyrtceosus it would be, in my second table of that 

 genus, associated with pardalis, from w^hich it is abundantly 

 distinct by the medio-lateral dark triangles ; these are some- 

 times composed entirely of dark scales, but on some specimens 

 a few ochreous ones are on them. The elytral interstices 

 appear, in places, like rows of granules through the clothing, 

 and a few granules are really present ; but the interstices 

 themselves are transversely impressed in numerous places, so 

 that, on abrasion, they appear like ridges many times 

 interrupted. 



Perissops granulatus, Lea. 



This species is fairly common on fig-trees in the coastal 

 districts of New South Wales and Queensland. The types 

 were partly abraded ; on fresh specimens the clothing, mostly 

 ashen or subochreous, is in parts so dense as to entirely conceal 

 the derm ; but usually there is an irregular dark fascia just 

 beyond the middle of the elytra. The prothoracic granules 

 on fresh specimens are indistinct from behind, but distinct 

 from in front. In general appearance some specimens are very 

 close to rohiginnsus, but that species is without supple- 

 mentary teeth or granules in the femoral emarginations. 



Perissops multimaculatus. Lea. 

 Three specimens, from the Coen district of North Queens- 

 land, appear to represent a variety of this species. They differ 

 from the types in having the derm darker (almost or quite 

 black) and the elytra slightly less convex. The female (the 

 female of the typical form is as yet undescribed) differs from 

 the male in having the rostrum longer, thinner, with much 

 smaller punctures, and with the antennae inserted rather more 

 distant from the apex. 



Perissops albonotatus, Lea. 

 The type of this species is evidently much abraded, and 

 a specimen (from the Tweed River) now before me is evidently 



