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segment are very distinctly pointed outward, neither of which 
characters is found in S. planatum. The antenns are consider- 
ably longer in jS. 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 
cies. 
attach much importance to this character, as I find D the 
-condensed long scales on the small Anthribide are very easily 
rubbed off, and therefore very usable for identification of 
species. 
N. Queensland ; given to me by Mr. Koebele. 
NOTXECIA (gen. nov. Anthribidarum). 
Mas. Rostrum transversum, depressum, ad apicem arcuatim 
3-articulatis, articulis basalibus 2 quam sequentes robustiori- 
bus (2° longiori), 3° 4° que inter se sat »qualibus, 5°—8° quam 
- brovion bér 9° obconico 8° longitudine squali, 10° 
vi transverso, 11° quam 9“ vix longiori ; oculi magni, sat 
sobtiliter granulati, antice sat profunde emarginati, supra 
postice verticalia ; coxe — subcontigue ; meet modici ; 
tarsi antici quam tibiee haud breviores, arti culo basali i quam 
ceteri conjuncti sublongiori ; Saato subtus dente parvo 
armati ; pygidium manifestum ; corpus pubescens. 
The insect for which I propose this generic name falls into M. 
coradire's group “ Anthribides vrais" by virtue of the follow- 
ing characters :—Antennæ inserted on the sides of the rostrum, 
-carina of pronotum basal, rostrum parallel-sided, body not elon- 
gate. The genus, howev ver, can hardly be placed in M. 
Lacordaire's tabulation of ders genera of that group as its two 
main divisions are “front coxw widely separated, rostrum 
strongly emarginate in front. Its most striking characters are 
ound in its very large eyes, strongly emarginate in front, and 
