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tjut the lower margin of the rostrum runs out obliquely to the 

 open space instead of being abruptly cut off. The antennae of 

 Zeneiides and the middle legs of Oreda are also very different. 

 Two specimens of a smaller species ^47) have the sides and 

 Tinder-surface of rostrum as in the present one, but they differ 

 in having the pectoral canal with strongly rounded walls except 

 just behind head (where they are obscured with head in posi- 

 tion) and club considerably larger, their middle tibiae have 

 a distinct outer median tooth, although much smaller than in 

 the species of Psefholax, and their femora are distinctly 

 ■edentate, although the teeth are small. In the present species 

 the femora are practically edentate, although from certain 

 directions extremely feeble teeth may be made out. 



PSEPHOLASOMA ROSTRALE, U. Sp. 



Dark-castaneous ; appendages somewhat paler. Densely 

 clothed with scales, mostly somewhat stramineous, but vary- 

 ing to white and sooty. 



Head with dense partially-concealed punctures. Rostrum 

 distinctly shorter than prothorax, not quite twice as long 

 as wide ; with dense punctures, partially concealed on basal 

 Tialf. Prothorax about once and one-fourth as wide as long, 

 base bisinuate ; with remnants of a feeble median carina ; 

 with crowded punctures, causing the derm to appear sub- 

 granulate in places. Elytra not much wider than prothorax, 

 almost parallel-sided to near apex ; with rows of large, 

 angular, partially-concealed punctures ; interstices punctate 

 and granulate, the third dilated and somewhat elevated at 

 base. Under-surface with rather dense partially-concealed 

 punctures. Length, 5J-5J mm. 



^^5. —Tasmania: Sheffield (H. H. D. Griffith). 



On the elytra the sooty scales form several feeble spots, 

 and on one specimen a distinct, narrow, postmedian fascia. 

 On the under-surface, flanks of prothorax and legs, most of 

 the scales are white. 



PSEUDOTHEREBUS CYLINDRICUS, U. Sp. 



S. Blackish; antennae and tarsi of a dingy-red. 

 Moderately clothed with greyish or stramineous and sooty 

 scales. 



Head with dense and rather small punctures. Rostrum 

 shorter than prothorax, scarcely twice as long as width near 



(47) They were given to me as coming from Victoria, but as I 

 think they may really have been from New Zealand, it was not 

 considered advisable to name them. 



