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Hab. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine, in rotting leaves 

 (A .M. Lea). Type, I. 2713. 



A rough, rusty-looking insect, allied to coatesi and 

 irrasus, but larger and wider, with the middle coxae closer 

 together, and the front tibiae different; from the former also 

 it differs in having the elytra much more conspicuously tuber- 

 culate. In many respects it is close to valgus, but the cloth- 

 ing of the abdomen of the male is very different, the front 

 tibiae have the apical mucro directed downwards instead of 

 forwards, and the hind tibiae are much less curved and other- 

 wise different at apex. The elytra are quinque-sinuate at the 

 base, owing to the suture there being bifurcated, and to the 

 third interstice being subtuberculate. There are numerous 

 small rounded tubercles scattered about, and several form a 

 distinct curved row at summit of posterior declivity ; each 

 shoulder has a stout, oblique lateral elevation. The distance 

 between the middle coxae at their middle is no greater than 

 that between the front pair, if as much, and each has a 

 longitudinal ridge or carina which, when viewed directly from 

 in front, appears like a subcorneal tubercle (much as in 

 valgus). 



Mandalotus transversus, n. sp. 



<3 ( ?). Black, antennae and parts of legs of a more or less 

 dingy-red. Densely clothed with rather light-brown, feebly 

 variegated scales, thickly interspersed with stout suberect 

 setae, longer on legs than elsewhere. 



Rostrum with carina conspicuous throughout, with a few 

 setiferous granules; apical plate distinctly elevated above the 

 adjacent parts. Antennae rather stout. Protliorax with 

 many conspicuous transverse impressions, sides strongly 

 rounded. Elytra rather wide, surface somewhat uneven, 

 especially posteriorly, but scarcely tuberculate ; with rows 

 of large punctures, appearing very small through clothing. 

 Ahdomen wide, basal segment scarcely convex in middle. 

 Front coxae widely separated, tibiae somewhat curved at apex. 

 Length, 4f-5£ mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Dorrigo (W. Heron). Type, 

 I. 2714. 



The three typical specimens appear to belong to but one 

 sex, probably the male. Regarding the elytra as tuberculate 

 the species would be associated with campi/locnemis, from 

 which it differs in many respects. But regarding them as 

 non-tuberculate it would be associated with setosus, from 

 which it differs in having wider elytra, posterior declivity 

 irregular, antennae shorter and stouter, and tibiae different. 

 The other species with granules transversely arranged are all 

 much smaller. From some directions the elytra, owing to a 



