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prothorax, a basal triangle on elytra, and sterna with rather 

 dense green scales; rest of elytra, abdomen, and legs with 

 depressed, whitish setae, with a greenish tinge; elytra and 

 legs with rather dense, erect, short, whitish setae. 



Rostrum moderately long, thin, and curved; base with 

 rows of punctures, separated by feeble ridges, elsewhere with 

 rows of small punctures only. Prothorax moderately trans- 

 verse, sides rather strongly rounded, base somewhat wider 

 than apex. Elytra distinctly wider than prothorax, almost 

 parallel-sided to beyond the middle ; with rows of fairly 

 large, partially concealed punctures. Length, 2 mm. 



Hah. — Northern Queensland (Blackburn's collection). 

 Type, I. 2085. 



In size, colour, and general appearance much like many 

 specimens of subinetallica, but elytra with numerous regularly 

 disposed upright or semi-upright setae, in addition to the 

 scales. In submetallica the elytra, when viewed from the 

 sides, appear to be entirely without upright setae, whereas in 

 this species, when so viewed, they are seen to be very 

 numerous, although short. Setulosa, which has somewhat 

 similar setae, is a shorter and more compact species, with the 

 funicle darker than the scape and with more of the elytra 

 dark, and the suture and usually the fifth interstice (and 

 sometimes the third as well) more densely clothed than the 

 other interstices, whereas in the present species no interstice 

 is more densely clothed than another. The antennae are paler 

 than the rostrum, but with the club dark; the tarsi are not 

 infuscated. A subtriangular basal space on the elytra is 

 dark, but the suture and sides are very feebly infuscated. 



Misophrice DUBiA, n. sp. (or var. of munda). 



Black; apex of scape, base of funicle, femora, tibiae, 

 abdomen, and most of the elytra reddish; rostrum black or 

 obscurely diluted with red. Clothed with green or blue 

 scales, sometimes almost white. 



Rostrum comparatively short (scarcely as long as pro- 

 thorax) and moderately curved; basal half with distinct 

 punctures separated by ridges, elsewhere with smaller punc- 

 tures and without ridges. Prothorax comparatively small, 

 base distinctly wider than apex ; punctures more or less con- 

 cealed. Elytra at base distinctly wider than prothorax, sides 

 moderately dilated to beyond the middle ; with rows of 

 rather large punctures, in places partially concealed. Length, 

 lj-lf mm. 



Hah. — Northern Queensland and Aloomba (Blackburn's 

 collection), Dalby (Mrs. F. H. Hobler), Gayndah ; South 



