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On each of three specimens before me there is a moder- 

 ately distinct longitudinal patch of obscurely-whitish scales 

 on each side of the prothorax, on two other specimens these 

 patches are ochreous. The sides of the sterna and abdomen 

 are sometimes supplied with rather distinct whitish patches. 



Mandalotus tenuicornis, n. sp. 



d . Blackish-brown ; appendages more or less reddish.. 

 Densely clothed with pale dingy-greyish or subochreous scales, 

 feebly mottled with whitish scales in places ; with rather 

 short, semi-decumbent setae. 



Head wide; sculpture normally entirely concealed. 

 Rostrum short, carina scarcely traceable through clothing. 

 Antennae decidedly longer and thinner than usual, passing 

 middle of elytra ; scape distinctly curved ; f unicle with two 

 basal joints as long as the rest combined, first thicker, but 

 not longer than second; club briefly ovate. Prothorax 

 decidedly transverse, sides rather strongly dilated to near 

 base ; with large, round, flat, feebly-elevated granules, 

 normally almost entirely concealed. Elytra oblong-cordate, 

 widest at about middle; with regular rows of large, almost- 

 concealed punctures ; interstices just perceptibly alternately 

 elevated, and of even width except towards sides. Meta- 

 sternum shorter than usual. Abdomen long, basal segment 

 gently concave, its apex straight, fifth slightly longer than 

 third and fourth combined, somewhat elevated but slightly 

 impressed in middle. Legs rather long; front coxae touching; 

 femora stout ; tibiae almost straight. Length, 2J-3 mm. 



9 . Differs in being larger and wider, elytra widest 

 beyond the middle, abdomen nowhere concave, the apical 

 segment not elevated, and the legs shorter. 



Eab. — Victoria: Warrnambool (H. W. Davey) ; Tas- 

 mania: Ulverstone (A. M. Lea). 



Readily distinguished, from others of the genus, by the 

 long thin antennae, with the combined lengths of the first 

 and second joints fully half the total length of the funicle. 



Mandalotus rufipes, n. sp. 



Of a rather dingy reddish-brown, appendages paler. 

 Rather lightly clothed with fine scales (almost setae) closely 

 applied to derm, interspersed with some suberect and rather 

 fine setae. 



Head with dense partially-concealed punctures. Rostrum 

 moderately long ; carina indistinct. Antennae moderately 

 long ; scape lightly curved ; first joint of funicle stouter 

 but scarcely longer than second. Prothorax almost as wide as 



