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of funicle moderately long, the others transverse; club briefly 

 ovate. Frothorax transverse, apex much narrower than base; 

 ocular lobes moderately prominent. Smtellum distinct. 

 Elytra not much wider than prothorax, subcylindrical to near 

 apex, base trisinuate. Pectoral canal deep and wide, ter- 

 minated between four front coxae. Mesosternal receptacle 

 .strongly raised in front, emargination strongly transverse ; 

 cavernous. Metasternum along middle the length of basal 

 segment of abdomen; episterna rather wide. Abdomen with 

 two basal segments large. Legs rather long; femora neither 

 grooved nor dentate. 



As the metasternum, in the two species referred to this 

 genus, appears (along its middle) to be exactly the length 

 of the following segment, the genus could be referred to 

 neither C nor CC in the table of genera allied to Chcetec- 

 tetorus:^^^^ but regarding it as belonging to C, it would be 

 associated with M etyrculus (which genus, in fact, appears to 

 be its closest ally), but differs in the conspicuously elevated 

 mesosternal receptacle and absence of femoral grooving. 

 Regarding it as belonging to CC, it would be associated with 

 Menios, but the femora are edentate, and scape inserted dis- 

 iiinctly nearer to apex than to base of rostrum. In general 

 appearance discicollis at first appears to belong to 

 Plileeoglymma, but the mesosternal receptacle is cavernous and 

 the femora edentate; hifasciatus looks like a Menios, but its 

 femora are edentate. 



Prothorax with a conspicuous median patch of 



dark scales discicollis 



Prothorax without such a patch hifasciatus 



Ethocis discicollis, n. sp. 



Obscure reddish-brown; antennae and tarsi paler. 

 Densely clothed with whitish, or somewhat greyish, scales, 

 more or less variegated with sooty ones. 



Head with dense normally-concealed punctures. Rostrum 

 somewhat shorter than prothorax, stout and somewhat dilated 

 to apex; punctures normally concealed. Prothorax 

 moderately transverse, sides somewhat rounded, and diminish- 

 ing in width from base to apex; with dense concealed punc- 

 tures. Elytra more than twice the length of prothorax; with 

 almost concealed rows of punctures. Under -surf ace with 

 dense concealed punctures. Length, 3f mm. 



Rah. — New South Wales: National Park (H. J. Carter). 



On the prothorax there is a wide longitudinal patch, like 

 a depressed fascicle, of sooty scales, somewhat dilated to the 

 base (seen from behind or in front this patch appears to have 



(43)Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 1909, pp. 594-595. 



