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Synomus ovipennis, n. sp. 



Blackish-brown, some parts black, appendages obscurely 

 diluted with red. Moderately densely clothed with greyish- 

 white scales, variegated with black; with numerous more or 

 less erect setae, longer on elytra than elsewhere. 



Read short; eyes subbasal and but feebly convex. 

 Rostrum stout, almost as wide as head, sides feebly diminish- 

 ing in width to apex, with a narow median carina bifurcated 

 in front, sublateral carinas narrow and curved at insertion of 

 antennae. Antennae rather thin; scape the length of front 

 tibiae; two basal-joints of funicie moderately long. Prothorax 

 about once and one-half as wide as the median length, apex 

 feebly incurved to middle, sides gently rounded and feebly 

 decreasing in width to base, which is almost truncate; with 

 fairly large but more or less concealed punctures. Elytra 

 ovate, strongly convex, base no wider than base of prothorax, 

 but almost twice as wide across middle ; with regular rows of 

 fairly large, partially concealed punctures. Length, 3| mm. 



Kali. — Queensland: Cairns (Blackburn's collection). 

 Type, I. 2930. 



A small species curiously suggestive of some small spiders, 

 on account of its comparatively large elytra, strongly pro- 

 jecting above the prothorax. On the type the scales on the 

 head are mostly black, the prothorax has a wide black longi- 

 tudinal vitta on each side, and the elytra have a transverse 

 fascia just beyond the middle, but interrupted close to suture; 

 there are also a few feeble spots towards the base. The elytra 

 when viewed from behind are seen to have a regular row of 

 setae on each interstice. 



Synomus inconspictjtjs, n. sp. 



Black, appendages more or less obscurely diluted with 

 red. Densely clothed with greyish-white and slaty-grey 

 scales, irregularly distributed, but becoming almost uniformly 

 pale on under-surf ace ; with short scattered setae, but on the 

 •elytra forming a regular row on each interstice. 



Head rather wide, derm concealed. Eyes rather pro- 

 minent. Rostrum about as long as the basal width, sides 

 feebly diminishing in width to apex, median and sublateral 

 -carinas moderately distinct in front, elsewhere concealed. 

 Antennae rather long ; scape rather strongly curved, two basal- 

 joints of funicie rather long and subequal. Prothorax rather 

 lightly transverse, sides gently rounded, apex truncate, base 

 lightly bisinuate. Elytra subovate, base no wider than base 

 of prothorax but across middle about one-half wider; with 

 rows of large, almost concealed punctures. Length, 3f-4 mm. 



