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except that in places it is condensed to form spots ; under - 

 surface with denser, longer, and more uniform pubescence. 



Rostrum, almost straight, about as long as front tibiae, 

 with a faint longitudinal impression between insertion of 

 antennae ; in male with punctures concealed almost to apex, 

 in female only towards base. First joint of funicle slightly 

 longer than second. Prothorax lightly transverse, sides 

 evenly rounded, apex about two-thirds the width of base ; 

 with dense and fairly large round punctures, the interspaces 

 with numerous small punctures. Elytra parallel-sided to 

 beyond the middle, scutellar region flattened ; with rows of 

 fairly large, suboblong, deep punctures, becoming smaller 

 posteriorly ; interstices with minute and not very dense punc- 

 tures, becoming rather stronger towards base, third feebly 

 raised at base, and in common with all the base with small 

 granules. Tibiae, very feebly denticulate on lower surface. 

 Length, 6J-6J- mm. 



Ilab. — New South Wales: Windsor (A. M. Lea). 



At first sight the five specimens before me appear to be 

 small ones of Master si; but the rostrum measured from the 

 lower edge o>f the eye to its tip is scarcely if at all shorter 

 than the front tibiae ; whilst in Masters! it is very decidedly 

 shorter. Comparing the species together the difference is at 

 once apparent. Ccpiosus has a still stouter rostrum. Tas- 

 manicus (a much larger species) has the rostrum longer and 

 the joints of the funicle different. Albilineatus is larger, 

 with narrower eyes and very different clothing ; whilst 

 immundus (or, at any rate, the species I have so named) has 

 the sides of the prothorax impunctate. T erminalis is much 

 more narrowed at both ends. 



The prothorax is very sparsely clothed, except at the 

 sides, where the pubescence is much as on the under-surface. 

 On the elytra there are numerous feebly- defined spots, giving 

 them a somewhat mottled appearance. 



SUBFAMILY HYLOBIIDES. 



P^PALOSOMUS DEALBATUS, Boi. 



This species was recorded by Pascoe from many parts of 

 the Malay Archipelago.' 4 ) It was originally described as a 

 species of Alcides,^) and it certainly looks like a member of 

 that genus. When living the specimens of it are more or less 

 densely covered with a substance resembling powdered chalk, 

 irregularly distributed over the surface and entirely conceal- 

 ing the derm in places. I have received from the Genoa 



(4) Jour. Linn. Soc, xi., 1873, p. 168. 



(5) Boi. Voy. Ast., ii., p. 425. 



