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patches scattered about. On the head there is a pale spot 

 between the eyes; the clothing of the legs is but feebly- 

 variegated. The base of the head (concealed when set out 

 but still attached to the body) is quite bald. On both speci- 

 mens parts of the three lateral interstices of each elytron are 

 glabrous; but this is probably due to rubbing by the femora. 



Decilaus parvoniger, n. sp. 



Deep shining-black; head, rostrum, legs, and front of 

 prothorax more or less obscurely diluted with red; antennae 

 and tarsi paler. Sparsely clothed on abdomen, legs, and 

 between eyes, elsewhere almost or quite glabrous. 



Head with some coarse punctures in front, elsewhere 

 shining and with minute punctures. Eyes separated about 

 half the width of base of rostrum. Rostrum short and stout, 

 sides distinctly incurved to middle ; basal half with rows of 

 punctures separated by ridges, apical half with crowded punc- 

 tures. Scape inserted nearer base than apex of rostrum, much 

 shorter than funicle; club large. Prothorax strongly trans- 

 verse, sides strongly rounded, apex more than half the width 

 of base; base, sides, and apex with fairly large punctures, 

 smooth and impunctate across middle. Elytra briefly sub- 

 cordate, base truncate, sides strongly rounded and widest at 

 about basal third ; with rows of not very large punctures, ^in 

 distinct striae; interstices wider than striae. Mesosternal re- 

 ceptacle wide and truncate. Abdomen irregular; with rather 

 large punctures. Femora rather long and strongly grooved, 

 front pair somewhat inflated near base; tibiae angular, but 

 not inflated at base. Length, IJ mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Wollongong, in rotting leaves 

 (A. M. Lea). 



A curious minute black species, in size like mirahilis, but 

 with very different sculpture. The mesosternal receptacle is 

 decidedly aberrant. The sides of the elytra are rather curi- 

 ously curved between the middle and apex of each. The first 

 segment of the abdomen is large, concave in middle, and with 

 the intercoxal process wide; the second is short, with its apex 

 almost vertical; the others are short and depressed, the fifth 

 not as long as the third and fourth combined. 



Decilaus nigronotatus, n. sp. 



Of a dingy reddish-brown; elytra with blackish spots; 

 antennae of a rather bright-red, but club black. Clothed with 

 stramineous setae or thin scales, forming three lines on pro- 

 thorax, and a spot on each side of scutellar region, but rather 

 sparse elsewhere. 



