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the middle. On the patch four very feeble fascicles may be 

 traced. The derm beneath the sooty scales is almost black. 



TychpvEus insularts, n. sp. 



Blackish ; antennae of a dingy-red. Densely clothed with 

 soft, white, woolly-looking scales. 



Eyes large and finely faceted. Rostrum moderately long, 

 very feebly curved, sides feebly incurved to middle; apical 

 half shining and with dense, but not large, punctures ; basal 

 half with punctures concealed. Scape inserted two-fifths from 

 apex of rostrum, the length of funicle. Prothorax lightly 

 transverse, sides strongly rounded, base strongly bisinuate, 

 disc uneven : with dense concealed punctures. Elytra some- 

 what wider than prothorax, parallel-sided to beyond the 

 middle ; with rows of large partially-concealed punctures ; 

 second, third, fourth, and sixth interstices in places feebly 

 elevated. Mesosfernal receptacle rather suddenly elevated at 

 base, and then sloping to apices. Femora stout, strongly 

 dentate. Length, 6^ mm. 



Hah. — Lord Howe Island (Australian Museum). 



In general appearance very close to lanifer, but rostrum 

 of the type (evidently a male) with dense clothing to the exact 

 middle ; in that species the clothing of the male extends beyond 

 the middle, and in the female terminates before it. The raised 

 parts of the elytra are also evenly raised. On the other species 

 the raised parts appears to be more of the nature of obtuse 

 tubercles supporting fascicles, and their clothing is seldom of 

 a different shade of colour to those of the surrounding parts. 

 The second, third, and fourth interstices near base, and again 

 near summit of posterior declivity of the present species, are 

 lightly elevated and with clothing of a pale-fawn colour ; and 

 there is similar clothing on the suture connecting the patches. 

 Kings can be traced on the legs, but they are extremely faint. 

 On the prothorax there are four feeble swellings supporting 

 feeble fascicles across middle, and one in middle of base. 



TychpvEUS ntgronotatus, n. sp. 



S . Of a dingy-red. Densely clothed with pale-brown 

 or fawn-coloured scales, with some stouter suberect ones scat- 

 tered about, and in places condensed into fascicles, the stout 

 scales mostly sooty ; with some velvety-black patches. Legs 

 feebly variegated. 



Eyes finely faceted. Rostrum moderately stout, sides 

 lightly incurved to middle : sculpture concealed on basal third, 

 elsewhere shining, and with clearly-defined punctures. Scape 

 rather short, shorter than funicle, inserted nearer base than 

 apex of rostrum ; first joint of funicle distinctly longer than 



