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much smaller punctures ; the rostrum of the male is also 

 carinated for about half of its length, and his legs are longer, 

 with the front tibiae conspicuously longer and thinner. 



Am YD ALA TARSALIS, n. Sp. 



(5 . Blackish ; antennae and tarsi reddish. Rather densely 

 clothed with soft and rather large scales, closely applied to 

 derm, and mostly of a very light-brown or fawn colour, varied 

 with white and black. Front tarsi with long and somewhat 

 golden hairs. 



Head with concealed punctures. Rostrum straight, 

 almost as long as prothorax, sides lightly incurved to middle; 

 with dense punctures, concealed behind antennae ; with an 

 acute median carina. Pj-ofhorar conical, about as long as 

 wide ; punctures partially concealed : with a median cluster 

 of small granules. Elytra closely applied to and outlines 

 subcontinuous with those of prothorax ; suture granulate near 

 base ; with narrow striae containing feeble punctures, but both 

 striae and punctures more or less concealed. Under-surface 

 with dense and rather coarse but more or less concealed punc- 

 tures. Abdomen with a conspicuous triangular space on basal 

 segment, bounded by a shining ridge on each side. Femora 

 strongly grooved and angular ; the hind ones wide and strongly 

 angularly dilated on the outer side ; tibiae and tarsi long and 

 thin. Length, 6 mm. 



Zr«&.— Queensland : Cairns (E. Allen). 



An elliptic, strongly-convex species, in size and general 

 appearance close to nigrinasus, but differs from male of that 

 species in having the dark prothoracic spot less rounded and 

 nearer the middle, the front legs decidedly longer and thinner, 

 and the front tarsi clothed beneath with longer and more 

 golden hairs ; the dilated portion of the hind femora is more 

 angular at its apex, the eyes have somewhat larger facets, and 

 the rostrum is longer, with the median carina more conspicuous. 

 The carina terminates near the apex at a narrow, transverse, 

 shining space or ridge that is fairly distinct from some direc- 

 tions. On the prothorax of the type there are a few black 

 scales scattered about singly, but they mostly form a large 

 irregular spot in middle, and two small medio-basal ones ; just 

 behind each side of the large spot is a small spot of white 

 scales. On each elytron there is a fairly large black spot about 

 the base, and one near apex ; elsewhere the black and the white 

 scales are scattered irregularly, or in small clusters. On the 

 under-surface most of the scales are white, and there are many 

 white ones on the legs. On the head there is a medio-basal 

 white spot. 



