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on the elytra: one at the base, one near the apex, and one 

 (looking like a fascia irregularly broken up) across the middle. 

 The subbasal white spot on each elytron may be very con- 

 spicuous and extending across five interstices, or very feeble 

 (on one specimen absent). On several specimens there are 

 distinct white spots intermingled with the subapical dark ones, 



Tyrt^osus macrops, n. sp. 



(S . Deep-black; antennae and tarsi reddish. Densely 

 clothed with sooty, variegated with snowy- white, scales. 



Head with dense normally-concealed punctures. Eyes 

 larger and closer together than usual. Rostrum rather long 

 and thin, but sides dilated about base; basal third with 

 coarse and dense punctures, elsewhere with fairly dense but 

 much smaller and clearly-defined ones. Antennae inserted 

 distinctly nearer to base than to apex of rostrum ; scape about 

 half the length of funicle and club combined. Prothorax 

 almost twice as wide as long, sides strongly rounded, apex: 

 more than half the width of base; with dense, round, non- 

 confluent punctures; without median carina. Elytra sub- 

 cordate, base trisinuate, and very little wider than prothorax^ 

 sides strongly rounded. Metasternurn with a feeble ridge on 

 each side between coxae; punctures of episterna not inter- 

 rupted. Abdomen with dense squamiferous punctures on 

 third and fourth segments, form.ing two rows on each across 

 middle, first segment as long as third and fourth combined, 

 flat in middle and its apex perfectly straight. Legs stout; 

 femora strongly and acutely dentate ; tibiae lightly narrowed 

 to apex. Length, 3-4;| mm. 



9 . Differs in having rostrum longer, thinner, and with 

 smaller punctures, and basal segment of abdomen gently 

 convex . 



Hah. — Queensland: Coen E-iver (H. Hacker); Cairns 

 (E. Allen). 



At first sight apparently belonging to Neodecilaus, but 

 the eyes are coarsely faceted, and femora strongly dentate. 

 The mesosternal receptacle at first appears different to that 

 of others of the genus, but this is due more to its clothing 

 than to much real difference in shape. The insertion of 

 antennae is also at variance with others ; the clothing is denser 

 and the individual scales larger than risual. The white scales 

 are distributed sparsely on the upper-surface, but are con- 

 densed to form three (or one) longitudinal line on the pro- 

 thorax, and a short stripe on the fourth interstice posteriorly ; 

 they almost uniformly clothe the under-surface, and are fairly 

 dense on the under parts of the legs. Before abrasion the 

 interstices appear to be much wider than the seriate punctures, 



