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fifth interstices than on the others. Under -surf ace with con- 

 cealed punctures. Abdomen with second, third, and fourth 

 segments of almost even size. Legs rather long; hind femora 

 extending to tip of abdomen. Length, 5 mm. 



Zr«6.— Victoria: Birchip (J. C. Goudie, his No. 198). 



Readily distinguished from others of the genus by tho 

 numerous small tubercles ; of these there are nine or ten on 

 the third interstice of each elytron, and seven or eight on the 

 fifth. The upper-surface is clothed with small sooty scales, 

 closely applied to the derm, and giving the same a minutely 

 granulated appearance. In places the scales are concealed by 

 a greyish exudation, and on the prothorax there is a small 

 pale spot on each side of the middle. On the basal flanks of 

 elytra, sterna, basal segment of abdomen, and legs the scales 

 are mostly of a dingy-white, with feeble stains of brown in 

 places. In each prothoracic puncture there is a dark seta. 



El^agna squamibunda, Pasc. 



Several specimens of this species differ from the normal 

 form in being more or less largely mottled with brown. One 

 specimen, from Carnarvon, has the upper-surface almost 

 entirely dark, except for vague remnants of pale markings 

 on the prothorax, and for three conspicuous spots on the 

 elytra, one on each side at the basal third, and one on the 

 posterior declivity. Its head, rostrum, and hind femora are 

 also mottled with brown. Another specimen, from Tar- 

 coola, has, on the prothorax, four dark rounded spots at the 

 base, and two angular ones at the apex. Each of its elytra 

 has a subquadrate one on the shoulder, and an angular one 

 commencing at the middle, and terminated halfway down the 

 posterior declivity; the suture from the base to the summit 

 of the posterior declivity is of a paler brown, and the knees, 

 base of rostrum, and two spots on head are also of a pale- 

 brown. 



I have also seen a mottled specimen in the Britisk 

 Museum collection, from Hermannsburg (Central Australia), 

 and another in Mr. Froggatt's collection, from Hay. 



Brachyporopterus montanus, n. sp. 



S . Black; antennae and tarsi reddish. Densely clothed 

 with rather large scales of various shades of brown, and in 

 places compacted into fascicles. 



Head with dense concealed punctures. Rostrum rather 

 long and thin, sides lightly incurved to middle, apical third 

 with dense and rather coarse punctures, elsewhere with coarser 

 but concealed ones. Antennae rather thin; scape inserted 

 one-third from apex of rostrum, almost the length of funicle.. 



