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of the lateral granules, both on prothorax and elytra, are 

 opaque, and with a small shining centre. 



Platyporopterus fetus, n. sp. 



Sparsely clothed with very fine reddish scales and with 

 rather long and stout reddish ones, rather dense on apical por- 

 tion of prothorax, and forming feeble fascicles on elytra. 

 Head, rostrum, legs, and apical segments of abdomen moder-^ 

 ately densely clothed. 



Head and rostrum indistinctly punctate, but punctures 

 evidently large. Rostrum stout, curved ; apical portion shining 

 and distinctly punctate. Scape inserted two-thirds from apex 

 of rostrum, the length of five following joints combined : of 

 these the second is slightly longer than the first. Prothorax 

 subquadrate, flat, walls abruptly vertical, widest slightly in 

 front of middle, sides straight to base, rounded to apex, base 

 strongly bisinuate ; lower flanks with a few moderately large 

 punctures, disc impunctate. Elytra twice the width of pro- 

 thorax, widest across shoulders, which are slightly produced 

 laterally, feebly decreasing in width to apical third, thence 

 suddenly arcuate to apex, apex feebly rounded and half the 

 width of prothorax ; suture near base with a few small shining 

 granules; base near suture with a few large punctures, 

 becoming small towards sides ; flanks strongly inwardly oblique 

 and with three feeble rows of punctures. Posterior femora not 

 extending to apex of abdomen. Length, 8 J mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales (Macleay Museum). 



Very distinct on account of the subquadrate prothorax 

 and wide elytra ; these latter if truncated at apical third 

 would be much wider than long. They are proportionately 

 wider than the prothorax than in any other Australian species 

 of the subfamily. 



El^agna nodipennis, n. sp. 



Black; antennae and tarsi obscurely reddish. Densely 

 clothed with sooty scales, in parts with dingy whitish ones. 



Head with concealed punctures. Rostrum rather short 

 and stout, sides narrowed at antennae, in front of same with 

 dense and coarse punctures, concealed elsewhere. Antennae 

 stout ; scape inserted two-fifths from apex of rostrum, not half 

 the length of funicle and club combined. Prothorax almost as 

 long as wide, sides strongly rounded, apex scarcely half the 

 width of base; with dense, large, round punctures. Elytra 

 scarcely twice the length of prothorax and the same width 

 at base, sides feebly diminishing in width from base ; with 

 rows of large partially-concealed punctures ; with numerous 

 small rounded tubercles, more numerous on the third and 



