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Eab. —Victoria: Lome (F. E. Wilson). Type, I. 12273. 



The red tips to the elytra extend for from three to seven 

 punctures in length ; on the male the suture is red for almost 

 half its length, on the female for scarcely one-fourth; on the 

 male the middle of the apex of the prothorax is slightly 

 notched, on the female more conspicuously so, but the 

 charact-er is probably not dependable. In my table would be 

 placed with M. rufipennds, and in fact the types look like large 

 specimens of the variety goryi of that species, but they differ 

 in having the prothorax more transverse, its sides more feebly 

 incurved about middle, the antennal serrations different, and 

 the tibiae thinner. 



Metriorrhynchus modicus, n. sp. 



d" . Black ; sides of prothorax and tips of elytra flavous. 



Head with rostrum short (distinctly wider than long). 

 Antennae moderately long, third to tenth joints strongly ser- 

 rated. Prothorax moderately transverse; conspicuously 

 seven-areolate ; apex produced in middle, sides strongly 

 elevated, especially behind middle; front and hind angles 

 rounded off. Elytra slightly dilated posteriorly; with double 

 rows of irregular punctures; alternate interstices moderately 

 elevated. Length ( d , 9)> 8-10'5 mm. 



9 . Differs in having somewhat shorter and less strongly 

 serrated antennae, and subapical segment of abdomen not 

 notched. 



Hab.—~New South Wales: Eden, in October (Dr. E. W. 

 Ferguson and H. J. Carter). Type, I. 12274. 



In some respects close to M. eremitus, with which it 

 would be associated in my table, but elytra more dilated 

 posteriorly, and with only about one-sixth pale at the tips; 

 the pale portion, however, is slightly advanced on the sutural 

 and lateral costae, the prothorax also is pale only on the sides. 



Metriorrhynchus compositus, n. sp. 



d ■ Black; prothorax, scutellum, and three-fifths of base 

 of elytra of a rather dingy flavous. 



Head with rostrum very short. Antennae moderately 

 long, acutely serrated. Prothorax along middle (owing to the 

 obtusely produced apex) almost as long as wide, conspicuously 

 seven-areolate, front angles obtuse, hind ones produced and 

 acute, median areolet produced to beyond middle of medio- 

 apical ones, these much smaller than latero-apical ones. 

 Elytra thin and parallel-sided; with regular double rows of 

 punctures, except about tips, the alternate interstices dis- 

 tinctly elevated. Length, 8' 5 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Coen River (H. J. Carter from H. 

 Hacker). Type (unique) I. 11850. 

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