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curved, with dense and coarse punctures, distinct in front but 

 partially concealed behind antennae. Antennas rather stout, 

 inserted about two-fifths from apex of rostrum ; scape about 

 half the length of funicle and club combined. Prothorax 

 slightly longer than wide, base very feebly bisinuate, sides 

 feebly dilated to beyond the middle, and then strongly nar- 

 rowed ; apical portion flattened, semicircular, depressed below, 

 and scarcely half the width of middle ; with numerous distinct 

 granules ; a vague depression along middle ; punctures large, 

 but more or less concealed. Elytra very little wider than pro- 

 thorax and not twice as long ; with rows of large more or less 

 concealed punctures, each containing a large scale; interstices 

 more or less uneven, each with a row of distinct granules, 

 nearly all of which have a wide scale. Two basal segments of 

 abdomen with large deep punctures, the fifth with denser and 

 smaller ones, third and fourth strongly depressed below level of 

 others, first depressed in middle. Femora moderately long, 

 ridged, edentate, rather widely grooved, hind pair extending 

 almost to tip of elytra. Length, 11-13 mm. 



9 • Differs in having the rostrum thinner, less curved, 

 with punctures distinct almost to base ; scape inserted in 

 middle of rostrum ; and basal segment of abdomen flat in 

 middle. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cooktown (H. W. Brown). 



The scales are of three shades of brown : very pale-brown 

 or fawn, covering about half of the surface ; chocolate-brown, 

 covering almost as much; and velvety spots of sooty-brown. 

 Of the latter there are eight on prothorax, in two transverse 

 series, the lateral ones rather small and indistinct ; the antero- 

 discal ones larger and angular, the others elongate, narrow 

 in front, dilated to and touching base. On each elytron there 

 are three velvety spots on the third interstice (including an 

 elongate one on the posterior declivity) and two postmedian 

 ones on the fifth ; the space between these is sometimes clothed 

 with almost white scales. There are also some feeble velvety 

 spots elsewhere, but on some specimens all, or most, of the 

 elytral spots are indistinct. On the prothorax, however, the 

 four discal ones are very distinct. The cephalic punctures are 

 quite concealed, but on abrasion there are seen to be dense 

 and rather small ones, and sparser and much larger ones. 

 What appears to be the sutural interstice on each elytron is 

 narrow, and partly conjoined to the second, with granules only 

 on its basal half (but not about the base itself) ; the third is 

 also irregular in parts, and it is difficult to decide as to 

 whether an elevation at the base, with crowded granules, 

 should be regarded as belonging to it, or to the second ; each 

 shoulder is slightly produced, and has a few granules. Many 



