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Tostrum ; scape rather short ; fuiiicle with two basal joints 

 elongate, the others strongly transverse and close together; 

 club elongate-elliptic, subcontinuous with funicle, joints indis- 

 tinct. Frofhorax transverse, sides rounded, apex produced. 

 ScuteUum distinct. Eh/tra closely applied to and very little 

 wider than prothorax, base feebly trisinuate. Pectoral canal 

 deep and wide, terminated just behind front coxae. Meso- 

 sternal receptacle rather strongly raised, emargination semi- 

 circular, cavernous. Metasternum slightly shorter than the 

 following segment; episterna rather large. Abdomen with 

 first segment as long as second and third combined, its apex 

 lightly incurved to middle, second slightly longer than third 

 and fourth combined. Legs rather short; femora dentate 

 and feebly grooved; tibiae straight, feebly dentate near outer 

 base. 



The o-enus is of somewhat doubtful position, but for the 

 present may be placed near TejJj^eria, from which it differs 

 in its coarsely faceted eyes and elytra not separately rounded 

 at base. Its antennae and tibiae, however, are somewhat 

 .similar. In some respects it seems close to PJiUtogli/mtna, from 

 which it differs in the antennae, eyes, and mesosternal 

 receptacle. In the table of genera allied to Cryptor- 

 h// nek us ^21; would be associated with Hi/jjeriosoma and 

 Symjoediosonia, whose antennae and tibiae are very different. 



nostrum lightly but distinctly curved ... cUipticus 

 Rostrum almost straight nlhicans 



EVANIOCIS ELLIPTICUS, 11. sp. 



Very dark-brown; antennae and tarsi somewhat paler. 

 Densely clothed with somewhat fawn-coloured scales, but in 

 places becoming sooty. 



Head rather strongly convex, punctures concealed. 

 Nostrum scarcely as long as prothorax, lightly but distinctly 

 curved, sides lightly incurved to middle ; with dense punctures 

 partially-concealed on apical half, almost entirely so on basal 

 half. Scape inserted in middle of rostrum. Prothorax 

 moderately transverse, subconical, base bisinuate and twice 

 the width of apex ; with dense normally-concealed punctures. 

 Eh/tra oblong-cordate, about twice as long as wide; with 

 rows of large partially-concealed punctures becoming smaller 

 posteriorly; third interstice slightly elevated and thickened 

 near base. Under-surface with dense normally-concealed 

 punctures. Femora rather lightly dentate, hind pair not 

 extending to apical segment. Length, 5J mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns (E. Allen). 



(2i)Proc. Linn. See, N.S.W., 1907, pp. 401-403. 



