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segment are very distinctly pointed outward, neither of which 

 characters is found in S. planatum. The antennae are consider- 

 ably longer in S. contemptum than in S. planatum, their club 

 especially, of which all the joints are at least twice as long as 

 wide. It is not improbable that these antennal differences may 

 indicate that my example of contemptum is a male, and that of 

 planatum a female, but they are certainly not the sexes of one 

 species. There is scarcely any indication of the pubescence being 

 condensed in patches on the example before me, but I do not 

 attach much importance to this character, as I find that the 

 condensed long scales on the small Anthribidce are very easily 

 rubbed off, and therefore very unreliable for identification of 

 species. 



N. Queensland ; given to me by Mr. Koebele. 



N0TO3CIA (gen. nov. Anthribidarum). 

 Mas. Rostrum transversum, depressum, ad apicem arcuatim 

 emarginatum, ad basin quam caput haud angustius, scrobi- 

 bus lateralibus foveiformibus apertii; antennae quam 

 corporis dimidium sublongiores, graciles, clava minus laxe 

 3-articulatis, articulis basalibus 2 quam sequentes robustiori- 

 bus (2°longiori), 3° 4° que inter se sat aequalibus, 5° — 8° quam 

 4 US sat brevioribus, 9° obconico 8° longitudine aequali, 10° 

 brevi transverso, 11° quam 9 US vix longiori ; oculi magni, sat 

 subtiliter granulati, antice sat profunde emarginati, supra 

 inter se approximati ; prothorax transversus aequalis, carina 

 antebasali nulla, carina basali ad latera angulata et 

 antrorsum ultra prothoracis medium producta ; scutellum 

 parvum ; elytra subcylindrica brevia (quam conjunctim latiora 

 circiter ut 10 ad 7 longiora), ad basin leviter gibbosa, striata, 

 postice verticalia ; coxae anticae subcontiguae ; pedes modici ; 

 tarsi antici quam tibiae haud breviores, articulo basali quam 

 ceteri conjuncti sublongiori ; unguiculi subtus dente parvo 

 armati ; pygidium manifestum ; corpus pubescens. 



The insect for which I propose this generic name falls into M. 

 Lacoradire's group " Anthribides vrais " by virtue of the follow- 

 ing characters : — Antennae inserted on the sides of the rostrum, 

 carina of pronotum basal, rostrum parallel-sided, body not elon- 

 gate. The genus, however, can hardly be placed in M. 

 Lacordaire's tabulation of the genera of that group as its two 

 main divisions are " front coxae widely separated, rostrum 

 strongly emarginate in front," and "front coxae subcontiguous, 

 rostrum not or scarcely emarginate in front," whereas in this 

 genus the front coxae are subcontiguous and the rostrum is quite 

 strongly emarginate in front. Its most striking characters are 

 found in its very large eyes, strongly emarginate in front, and 



