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genera allied to that genus ('^2) it would be associated with 

 AcJwperinus, which has dentate femora and is otherwise very 

 different. The species is a beautiful and very distinct one, 

 and of it Mr. Griffith took five specimens that were hibernat- 

 ing under the bark of a eucalyptus tree. Their clothing is 

 so dense as to quite conceal the side pieces of the meso- and 

 metasternum, and all the punctures, except on the apical 

 half of the rostrum. 



EUCALYPTOCIS FASCICULATUS', n. Sp. 



Black : antennas of a dingy-red. Densely clothed with 

 black scales, conspicuously variegated with white. Upper- 

 surface with numerous black fascicles. 



Head with dense normally-concealed punctures. Rostrum 

 about as long as prothorax, sides incurved to middle; with 

 coarse partially-concealed punctures. Frotlinrax with upper- 

 surface almost equilaterally triangular : with dense concealed 

 punctures. Ely Ira about twice and one-half the length of 

 prothorax ; with two rows of large partially-concealed punc- 

 tures; interstices somewhat uneven. Length, 3 -Si mm. 



^«6.— Tasmania: Mount Wellington (H. H. D. Griffith). 



On the elytra the white scales clothe the extreme base, 

 portion of the sides, and an oblique median fascia from each 

 side to the third interstice. On the under-surface and legs 

 the scales are silvery, but the femora at apex and tibiae at base 

 are clothed with black scales. On the head some of the scales 

 are black, on the basal half of rostrum they are white. On 

 the prothorax there are four fascicles across middle and two 

 at apex, with a few erect scales at the sides. On the elytra 

 the fascicles are larger and confined to the second to seventh 

 interstices ; they are all black, except a few about apex and 

 sides. 



Ancocis, n. g. 



Head moderately large and round. Eyes rather small, 

 distant, facets of rather small size. Rostrum rather short and 

 wide. Scape short and stout, inserted nearer base than apex 

 of rostrum : two basal joints of funicle moderately long ; club 

 ovate. Prothorax transverse, depressed, strongly sculptured. 

 ScntelJum small. Elytra depressed, shoulders rounded, sides 

 subparallel except at base and apex, base strongly trisinuate. 

 Pectoral canal deep and wide, terminated at base of front 

 coxae. Mesosternal receptacle rather narrow between coxae, 

 dilated and almost truncate in front ; cavernous. Metasternum 

 about as long as the following segment ; episterna wide. 

 Abdomen with distinct sutures, first segment longer than 



^42)Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 1909, pp. 594-595. 



