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Head flattened between eyes; these moderately convex. 

 Rostrum about as long as wide, and distinctly narrower than 

 head, sublateral carina? fairly distinct before abrasion ; scrobes 

 near apex suddenly and strongly encroaching on upper-surface. 

 Antennae long ; scape fairly stout and regularly curved, feebly 

 grooved on lower surface; first joint of funicle feebly curved, 

 slightly longer than second and third combined. Prothorax 

 distinctly transverse, apex truncate, base strongly bisinuate 

 and much wider than apex, sides regularly rounded ; with 

 sparse, normally- concealed punctures. Elytra parallel-sided 

 to beyond the middle ; with fairly large, but normally almost 

 concealed, punctures, in regular striae; interstices gently con- 

 vex and with small normally-concealed punctures. Femora 

 very feebly dentate. Length, 5-6 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cunnamulla (H. Hardcastle). 



In build approaching abundans, but smaller and nar- 

 rower, prothorax truncate at apex and less transverse; elytra 

 with sparser setae and rostrum and eyes somewhat different. 

 The clothing is much as in niveus, but the wide base of pro- 

 thorax readily distinguishes it from that species. The curva- 

 ture of the basal joint of the funicle is a rather unusual 

 feature. From above the scrobes cause the apex of rostrum 

 to appear strongly bifoveate. 



On abrasion the prothorax is seen to have sparse and 

 sharply-defined, but rather small, punctures (in which the 

 setae are set), but under a Coddington lens no smaller ones 

 (for the reception of the scales) are visible. 



Myllocerus Hardcastlei, n. sp. 



Black, appendages in places more or less obscurely 

 diluted with red. Densely clothed with green scales, varying 

 in places to golden or grey, but nowhere with distinct mark- 

 ings. Upper-surface with distinct, and more or less erect, 

 reddish-brown setae, longer on elytra than elsewhere ; under- 

 surface and legs with shorter, paler, and depressed setae. 



Head flat between eyes ; these but little prominent. 

 Rostrum slightly longer than the width of base, sides regu- 

 larly decreasing in width to apex; middle regularly 

 depressed, with parallel costae marking margins of depression ; 

 scrobes foveiform. Antennae long and thin; scape lightly 

 curved, apex thickened and on lower surface shallowly 

 grooved ; first joint of funicle about as long as second and 

 third combined, second about as long as third and fourth 

 combined. Prothorax strongly transverse, apex distinctly 

 incurved to middle, base strongly bisinuate and much wider 

 than apex, sides feebly rounded ; setiferous punctures norm- 

 ally concealed. Elytra not much wider than base of pro- 



