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commencing at the median fascicle and terminating on the 

 seventh interstice, the other commencing on the fifth near base 

 and terminating just below the level of the large fascicle ; 

 there are a few spots about the apex, and on the prothorax 

 there are a few. On a second specimen most of the scales on 

 the elytra are more or less sooty, but there are some snowy 

 ones at the base and about the summit of the posterior declivity ; 

 the oblique sooty stripes are distinct. The scutellum is con- 

 spicuously white. On the prothorax there is a large irregular 

 sooty patch, but most of the scales are white or whitish. On 

 a third specimen there are some conspicuously white scales and 

 a few whitish spots on the elytra, but the sooty oblique stripes 

 are broken up into spots. On the prothorax the two median 

 and two apical fascicles are blackish, and the hind angles are 

 snowy. It is probably a male, as the rostrum is slightly shorter 

 than that of the others, and the punctures on it are rather more 

 distinct. On the fourth specimen there are a few brownish 

 spots on the elytra, but most of the scales are pale, the majority 

 on the apical half being conspicuously white. On the pro- 

 thorax there is a brownish, subtriangular, medio-basal spot, 

 and the fascicles are brownish. 



Ephrycus brachystylus, Lea. 



Four specimens from Tasmania (Swansea) probably belong 

 to this species, but differ from the types in having no trace 

 of the subtriangular patch of pale scales on the elytra ; but 

 the "ill-defined patches of darker scales bordering its sides" 

 are more conspicuous on the Tasmanian specimens, and are at 

 the basal third and j.ust beyond the middle ; the submedian 

 ones look like elongated fascicles, just beyond them and crown- 

 ing the posterior declivity : on one specimen is a distinct 

 whitish fascia not extending to the sides : on another specimen 

 the fascia is fairly distinct ; but on the others it is represented 

 by a few whitish scales only. On the prothorax there are four 

 distinct black fascicles across the middle, these on the types 

 being represented by a few blackish erect scales. The scutellum 

 is clothed with ochreous scales. 



Ch^tectetorus cinerascens, n. sp. 



Dark reddish-brown, in places almost black. Densely 

 clothed with ashen-grey scales, variegated with muddy-brown. 

 With stout erect scales scattered about, and condensed into 

 numerous fascicles. 



Head with dense concealed punctures. Rostrum rather 

 short and wide, sides very feebly incurved to middle ; punc- 

 tures dense and rather coarse at tip, elsewhere concealed. 

 Scape inserted about two-fifths from apex of rostrum, about 

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