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Head with dense and moderately coarse punctures. Ros- 

 trum not much longer than greatest width ; base with punc- 

 tures as on head, about apex with smaller but more clearly- 

 defined ones. Froth ora.r moderately transverse, sides moder- 

 ately rounded, but apex greatly narrowed and subtubular ; 

 with very dense punctures. Elyira not much wider than pro- 

 thorax, basal half almost parallel-sided, base strongly tri- 

 sinuate ; with rows of fairly large punctures, in rather narrow 

 striae ; interstices with dense punctures and numerous small 

 granules, third dilated about base, raised, and with more 

 numerous granules than elsewhere, but the base of second and 

 fourth have almost as numerous granules. Under-surface with 

 rather dense but somewhat unevenly distributed punctures. 

 Walls of pectoral canal rather acutely margined in front. 

 Mesosternal receptacle with sides acutely produced in front. 

 Femora stout, rather lightly dentate : middle tibiae as in pre- 

 ceding species. Length, 8 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine (R. Illidge). 



Close to the preceding species but larger, elytra with 

 denser clothing, the interstices somewhat narrower, with coarser 

 punctures and larger granules, apex of prothorax wider and 

 ivalls of pectoral canal somewhat different in front. On the 

 type there are faint remnants of a median prothoracic line. 



PSEPHOLAX MARMORATUS, n. Sp. 



Reddish-brown ; antennae and tarsi reddish. Densely 

 clothed with short, stout, pale-ochreous or stramineous scales, 

 variegated with spots of chocolate-brown. Under-surface with 

 almost white scales, becoming setose along middle and on parts 

 of legs. 



Head with dense but rather small punctures. Rostrum 

 distinctly transverse ; in front of antennae with clearly-defined 

 punctures, elsewhere partially concealed. Scape distinctly 

 shorter than funicle : club rather large and briefly ovate. Pro- 

 thorax rather strongly convex, lightly transverse, apex rather 

 more than half the width of base, and feebly incurved to 

 middle, base strongly bisinuate ; with dense and rather small 

 partially-concealed punctures. Elytra with outlines almost 

 continuous with those of prothorax, sides feebly dilated near 

 shoulders, base with median sinus strong but the sublateral 

 ones feeble ; with rows of fairly large punctures, in conspicuous 

 striae ; interstices with dense normally-concealed punctures and 

 with rows of small granules, but at base the granules are 

 rather numerous, especially on the third. Under-surface with 

 punctures normally concealed. Mesosternal receptacle rounded 

 in middle of apex. Femora stout, rather lightly dentate ; 

 middle tibiae each w^ith two strong outer teeth, of which the 



