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not much wider than prothorax, base strongly trisinuate, sides 

 parallel to beyond the middle: with rows of rather large 

 oblong punctures; interstices much wider than seriate punc- 

 tures, with dense punctures, and each with a row of small 

 granules, third somewhat dilated and thickened about base. 

 Under-surface with dense punctures. Basal segment of 

 abdomen depressed in middle of apex. Four hind femora 

 lightly but distinctly dentate. Length, 7 mm. 



liah. — Victoria: Gippsland (C. French). 



In general appearance extremely close to small specimens 

 of scrohiculata, but the four hind femora distinctly dentate, 

 although the teeth are small ; the front pair have the median 

 ridge suddenly terminated at the apical notch, but not 

 elevated into a tooth. 



Xestocis, n. g. 



Head of moderate size. Eyes subtriangular, widely 

 separated, coarsely faceted. Rostrum moderately long, some- 

 what curved; scrobes open at lower edge of extreme base. 

 Antennae moderately long; scape slightly shorter than 

 funicle; funicle with two basal joints moderately long, the 

 others transverse; club ovate. Frothorax transverse, sides 

 rounded, base bisinuate. Scutellum distinct. Elytra parallel- 

 sided to near apex, or not. Pectoral canal deep and wide, ter- 

 minated almost at front coxae. Mesosternal receptacle narrow 

 between middle coxse, but strongly dilated in front, emargina- 

 tion strongly transverse; cavernous. Metasternum elongate; 

 episterna conspicuous. Abdomen with two basal segments 

 large, sutures of all distinct, that between first and second 

 curved in middle. Leys rather short; femora stout, strongly 

 dentate; tibiae compressed, the middle pair strongly dentate 

 on the outer edge at middle. 



Apparently one of the connecting genera between the 

 Clioitectetorus and Psepliolax groups. In my table of the 

 genera of the Psepholax group it would be placed with 

 Psepholacipus, from which it differs in the dentate femora 

 and different front and hind tibiae. The scrobes are open at 

 the eyes on their lower side as in Zeneudes and Oreda. In 

 the table of the genera of the Chcetectetorus group it would be 

 placed with Sympiezoscelus and Mitrastethus, which have 

 edentate femora and very different middle tibiae. 



Seriate punctures at base of elytra as wide as 



interstices niger 



These punctures much narrower than interstices castaneus 



Xestocis niger, n. sp. 

 Black; elytra in parts feebly diluted with red; antennae 

 and tarsi reddish. Moderately clothed. 



