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CaMPTORRHINUS INTERSTITIALIS, n. Sp. 



d ■ Blackish ; antennae and tarsi, rostrum, and parts of 

 legs diluted with red. Densely clothed with greyish scales, in 

 places stained with brown ; a distinct sooty patch at summit 

 of posterior declivity. Numerous stout scales interspersed. 

 Abdomen with a wide space along middle clothed with fine, 

 golden-brown setae. Apical half of front tibiae densely ciliate 

 on lower edge. 



Head with dense concealed punctures. Rostrum not very 

 long, rather thin, sides somewhat dilated near base ; basal third 

 w4th a feeble median carina, and with coarse partially-concealed 

 punctures ; elsewhere shining and with minute punctures. 

 Scape inserted almost in exact middle of rostrum, rather more 

 than half the length of funicle and club combined. Prothorax 

 about as long as wide, sides feebly dilated from base to apical 

 third, and then strongly narrowed to apex ; with a short and 

 thin median carina ; with crowded partially-concealed punc- 

 tures. Elytra about one-third wider than prothorax, parallel- 

 sided to near apex ; with semi-double rows of very large punc- 

 tures, becoming small and regular posteriorly ; alternate 

 interstices conspicuously elevated, and each with a row of 

 granules. Under-surface with dense more or less concealed 

 punctures. Femora stout, strongly dentate ; tibiae compressed, 

 the hind pair wider than the others, and strongly bisinuate on 

 lower surface. Length, 5-9 mm. 



9 . Differs in having the rostrum thinner, with less of the 

 base coarsely punctured, abdomen with scales only, and tibiae 

 ciliate only at tip. 



Hah. — Queensland: Townsville and Kuranda (H. H. D. 

 Griffith, from F. P. Dodd) ; Cairns (H. W. Cox and E. Allen) : 

 Cape York (H. Elgner). 



Readily distinguished from dorsalis by the elytra j these 

 are without the black dorsal marking, but with a black spot 

 at summit of the posterior declivity, punctures larger and 

 coarser, and the alternate interstices conspicuously and con- 

 tinuously elevated, with granules bearing setae directed 

 backwards. 



CaMPTORRHINUS inornatus. Lea. 



(S . Black; antennae and claws reddish. Densely clothed 

 with greyish, sometimes muddy-grey, scales, somewhat varie- 

 gated on elytra. With stout and usually dark scales scattered 

 about, singly on the prothorax, mostly on the granules on 

 elytra. Front tibiae with a very conspicuous fringe of long 

 and somewhat golden hairs continued on to tarsi. 



Head with crowded concealed punctures. Rostrum moder- 

 ately long, sides slightly dilated near base; with dense and 

 rather coarse punctures throughout, but becoming smaller 



