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Hecid with small, dense, concealed punctures. Rostrum 

 moderately long and rather thin, sides lightly incurved to 

 middle ; apical two-thirds shining and with minute punctures, 

 elsewhere with larger but more or less concealed ones. 

 Antennae moderately thin ; scape inserted in middle of 

 rostrum, slightly shorter than f unicle ; second joint of funicle 

 slightly longer than first. ProtJiorax moderately transverse, 

 basal two-thirds with gently rounded sides, apex more than 

 half the width of middle ; with four feeble swellinofs across 

 middle, and a feeble ridge on each side of apex; with a very 

 conspicuous median carina ; punctures normally concealed ; 

 with a small nude space near the middle of each side. Sciitel- 

 hnn distinct. FAytra distinctly wider than prothorax, 

 parallel-sided to slightly beyond the middle; with irregular 

 rows of large punctures; third interstice with two large round 

 tubercles: one near base, the other median; fourth with a 

 small tubercle before the middle, and a large one near apex ; 

 each shoulder tuberculiform, and a fairly large tubercle be- 

 tween it and the subbasal one on third interstice ; elsewhere 

 with a few small swellings. Basal segment of abdomen slightly 

 longer than second, its apex distinctly incurved to middle; 

 second distinctly longer than third and fourth combined. 

 Legs rather long; femora acutely dentate; tibiae compressed. 

 Length, 12 mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Tweed River (H. W. Brown). 



With the conspicuously green scales of fresh specimens 

 of squamiventris, but with shorter legs, larger elytral 

 tubercles, more conspicuous prothoracic carina, and abdominal 

 segments different. The outlines of its upper-surface are 

 suggestive of affinity with Isax gallinarjo, and Psendometijrus 

 antares, of the Chceiectetorvs group. On the elytra there are 

 some pale elongate scales scattered about, and they con- 

 spicuously crown the small median tubercle on the fourth 

 interstice. The large tubercles on the third, and the median 

 ones on the prothorax, are crowned with sooty scales. The 

 type, whose sex is doubtful, is evidently in perfect condition, 

 but probably (as with other normally green species of the sub- 

 family) specimens that have been in alcohol or are old and 

 greasy will have the scales more or less greyish. The three 

 large tubercles on each elytron are almost in a line. 



Genus Hyparinus, Pascoe.'24) 

 There is before me a specimen, taken by d'Albertis in 

 New Guinea and sent by Dr. Gestro as Hyparinus dispar, and 

 I believe correctly so. The specimen measures 10 mm., and 



(24) Ann. Mus. Cir. Gen., 1885, p. 275. 



