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feebly, the others very feebly, denticulate below; claw joint 

 of normal length. Length, 6 \ mm. 



Rah. — New South Wales: Sydney. 



The reddish part of the elytra commences on each 

 shoulder, is rather wide to the basal third, then strongly 

 narrowed so as to become purely marginal, but is again 

 dilated and is continuous across apex ; the black portion in 

 consequence is somewhat pear-shaped. On the two specimens 

 before me (in each of which the terminal joint of the antennae 

 is missing) the clothing on the head close to each eye and on 

 each side of the base is fairly dense, on the prothorax it forms 

 a rather feeble median line, and on the elytra it is distributed 

 in feeble spots. The scutellum is densely clothed. 



The rostrum, although somewhat like that of fasciata, is 

 longer, less polished towards the apex, and not narrowly con- 

 vex at its middle, the claw joint is longer, and it differs in 

 other details of sculpture and clothing. From minima it 

 differs in being longer, but no wider, with longer antennse 

 and very different clothing on the upper-surface. 



Pachyura vestita, Pasc. 

 Specimens of this species are considerably altered in 

 general appearance by alcohol and abrasion, but the species 

 may be readily identified by the large and granulated tubercles 

 near the base of the elytra ; it is the only described Australian 

 species of the subfamily in which such tubercles are present. 



SUBFAMILY COSgONIDES. 



Xenocnema. (12 ) 



This genus is readily distinguished from all others known 

 to me by the structure of the elytra. < 13 ) Hitherto it has been 

 known only from the typical species, X. spinipes ( 14 ) of New 

 Zealand. Recently, however, Mr. C. French, jun., has sent 

 me several specimens of a species of the genus, taken in Mel- 

 bourne in cedar and kauri logs from Queensland. As I was 

 acquainted with the female only of spinipes, I sent sexes of 

 the Queensland species to Major Broun, asking for his 

 opinion; this he kindly gave me, together with a male of 



(12) Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond., 1873, p. 499 and 

 p. 587. 



(13) These have each interstice between the stria? in two fine 

 parallel costse. The rostrum of the male is also of enormous 

 width, and is tipped with very strong mandibles. 



(14) Wollaston, loc. cit., p. 648; a photo-micrograph given by 

 Major Broun (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xli., plate xvi., fig. 15) will? 

 enable the species to be readily identified. 



