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or absent. Elytra not much wider than prothorax, base tri- 

 sinuate. Pectoral canal rather wide and deep, terminated 

 between middle coxae. Mesosternal receptacle U-shaped, walls 

 thin; open. Metasternum much shorter than the following 

 segment; episterna very narrow. Ahdonien large, sutures 

 deep and straight, first segment as long as three following 

 combined, second distinctly, but not by much, longer than 

 third or fourth. Legs rather short and stout; femora 

 edentate, shallowly grooved; tibiae dilated near apex; tarsi 

 thin but rather short, third joint not much wider than second. 

 Somewhat depressed, coarsely sculptured, and squamose. 



In general appearance the species described below is strik- 

 ingly like an Oinydans, near which it should be placed; but 

 the open mesosternal receptacle, edentate femora, and 

 sinuous forehead forbid its being placed in that genus. The 

 type being unique it has not been examined to see if wings 

 are present. 



Anoplocis ferrugineus, n. sp. 



Black ; antennas and tarsi of a dingy-red. Rather densely 

 clothed. 



Head with coarse concealed punctures in front : forehead 

 apparently trisinuate, but really quadrisinuate, with a feeble 

 median carina. Rostrum as long as prothorax, moderately 

 curved, sides feebly dilated from antennae to near base, but 

 base notched on each side ; basal half with coarse concealed 

 punctures and a feeble median ridge ; front half with small 

 punctures. Frothovfix lightly convex ; coarsely and somewhat 

 irregularly punctured ; with a thin, continuous, median 

 carina. Elytra about twice as long as prothorax, irregularly 

 subcordate, widest at about basal fifth ; with semi-double rows 

 of very large punctures, becoming smaller and more regular 

 on the sides and posteriorly. Length, 6 mm. 



Hah.— New South Wales: Comboyne (W. H. Muldoon). 



The type (as with so many specimens of the allied genera) 

 has its clothing somewhat obscured by mud; but the majority 

 of the scales are of a bright brick-red, with numerous paler 

 ones scattered about, and the latter forming some spots about 

 summit of posterior declivity (apparently the remnants of a 

 transverse fascia) and on the sides towards base. Probably 

 on specimens in perfect condition both the red and the pale 

 scales form feeble fascicles, at least on the elytra. The base of 

 the prothorax has the incurved parts highly polished, and fit- 

 ting into each of these is a highly-polished elevated space at 

 the base of the third interstice on each elytron. But it is 

 probable that these polished spaces are normally concealed, as 

 the type has its prothorax and elytra slightly separated. The 

 punctures of the under-surface are mostly concealed, but on 



