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so, according to the description, is presumably a female. 

 There are several species of the same genus in Australia, and 

 some additional particulars to those contained in the original 

 generic and specific diagnoses may be acceptable. Pascoe 

 described the three intermediate seofments of abdomen as 

 equal, but the second is just a trifle longer than third or 

 fourth, and in several other (Australian) species is distinctly 

 longer. He described the prothorax as longitudinally sulcate, 

 but this is scarcely correct ; the prothorax is flattened and 

 sparsely squamose along middle, and in the exact middle the 

 derm is glabrous, but there is no actual groove or sulcus. The 

 head is conspicuously quadri-impressed in front, with con- 

 spicuous costse separating the impressions. The elytra have 

 a row of small shining granules on each side of the suture ; 

 they have fairly large punctures, subseriately arranged, but 

 not in striae. The basal segment of abdomen has a con- 

 spicuous notch in the middle of its apex. The hind femora, 

 when placed in the same line as the abdomen, have their 

 teeth level with the tip of the elytra, so that their apices 

 considerably pass it. (25) The genus is allied to Pezichus and 

 Neouiystocis, from the former distinguished by the finely- 

 faceted eyes, and from the latter by the cavernous meso- 

 sternal receptacle. All the species are winged. 



Hyparinus dispar, Pasc.(26) 



A specimen from Kuranda (from Mr. Griffith, who has 

 another from the Mul grave River) agrees perfectly with the 

 above noted specimen. It is now first recorded as Australian. 



Hyparinus tenuirostris, n, sp. 



d" . Black; antennae and tarsi red. Rather densely 

 clothed with muddy-brown or sooty scales; with longer scales 

 rather thickly scattered about, especially on the legs. Pro- 

 thorax with several feeble fascicles; elytra with fascicles on 

 tubercles. 



Head with forehead strongly quadrisinuate. Eyes very 

 large. Rostrum very long and thin; basal fifth with coarse 

 partially-concealed punctures, then with small but distinct 

 ones to insertion of antennae, in front of same shining and 

 with sparse and minute punctures. Antennae thin ; scape 

 inserted two-fifths from base of rostrum, almost the length 

 of four following joints combined; funicle with second joint 

 almost twice the length of first, the others regularly decreas- 

 ing in length, but none transverse. Frothora.r rather lightly 



(25) In the figure the femora are drawn as if they would not, or 

 scarcely, pass the tip. 



(26) Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen., 1885. p. 276, pi. ii., fig. 3. 



