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the suture, just before the middle, so that the two together 

 look like a wide feeble V ; there are also even more vague 

 remnants of other fasciae. The setae (which are very con- 

 spicuous from the sides) are usually of the colour of the scales 

 amongst which they are set. On the legs stiff (and mostly 

 pale) setae are thickly scattered amongst the scales. The basal 

 joint of the funicle is long, but not thin. The third interstice 

 on each elytron appears to have two feeble swellings, on each 

 of which the erect setae form a feeble fascicle. 



Decilaus bryophilus, n. sp. 



(S . Black; rostrum and legs diluted with red, antennae 

 and tarsi paler. Densely clothed with brick-red scales, 

 variegated with patches of paler and sooty ones; mesosternal 

 receptacle, metasternum, and two basal segments of abdomen 

 with rather dense, thin, golden setae. 



Head with a semicircular space in front densely clothed, 

 "but bald elsewhere. Rostrum rather wide, ridged along 

 middle, notched on each side of base; with dense punctures 

 more or less concealed behind antennae. Antennae thin; scape 

 inserted one-third from apex of rostrum, slightly shorter than 

 funicle; club rather large. Pro f^oro a; moderately transverse, 

 sides strongly rounded, apex more than half the width of 

 base; with dense partially-concealed punctures. Elytra sub- 

 cordate, base truncate, closely applied to and no wider than 

 prothorax; sides strongly rounded, widest at about basal 

 third, thence strongly diminishing in width; with rows of 

 large partially-concealed punctures in moderate striae. Meso- 

 sternal receptacle rather strongly raised, emargination trans- 

 verse. Abdomen with dense and fairly large but partially- 

 concealed punctures, and forming one regular row across each 

 of the third and fourth segments, basal segment with a shallow 

 depression common to it and to metasternum. Femora stout, 

 especially the hind pair, and strongly grooved; third tarsal 

 joint wide and deeply bilobed. Length, 2^-2 J mm. 



9 . Differs in having the rostrum longer, with sparser 

 clothing and smaller punctures; clothing of under-surface 

 normal, basal segment of abdomen convex, and prothorax less 

 transverse. 



Hah. — Tasmania: Hobart and Mount Wellington, in 

 moss (H. H. D. Griffith and A. M. Lea). 



A small prettily-variegated species, with unusually wide 

 liind femora. The prothoracic scales are longer than on the 

 elytra and but feebly variegated, on the elytra there are 

 several small irregular patches of snowy scales, and the suture 

 (except on the basal third, where it is glabrous) has two con- 

 spicuous rows of similar scales; there are also small sooty 



