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less mottled ; the abdomen and legs are stained in places with 

 piceous. The clothing of the upper-surface is very sparse 

 and indistinct. 



Imaliodes scitulus, n. sp. 



d . Black, antennae almost black. Head and rostrum 

 (almost to apex), prothorax and legs with dense whitish-grey 

 scales, a few tufts of similar scales on elytra; elytra at base 

 and a distinct sub triangular patch on each side of apex, and 

 the greater part of the under-surface, with white scales. 



Head with rather small concealed punctures; eyes finely 

 faceted. Rostrum moderately curved; apical fourth densely 

 punctate, behind antennae coarsely punctate and with four 

 grooves and three ridges, which, however, are more or less con- 

 cealed. Antennae inserted nearer apex than base of rostrum; 

 second joint of funicle distinctly longer than first. Prothorax 

 as long as wide, basal two-thirds subparallel, apex rounded, 

 base feebly bisinuate; feebly impressed along middle; with 

 small punctures which are concealed by clothing. Elytra 

 wider than prothorax at base, which is almost truncate, with 

 the shoulders not produced, widest before middle; with series 

 of large, subquadrate punctures, wider than the interstices; 

 these (especially the second) are in places subtuberculate ; each 

 separately rounded and produced at apex. M etastemum de- 

 pressed along middle, the depression continued on to abdomen. 

 Femora stout (but thinner than in subfasciatus or terreus), 

 feebly dentate. Length, 6J mm.; rostrum, 2 mm.; width, 

 3J mm. 



9 • Differs in having the rostrum smoother and shining, 

 the punctures smaller, and the scales not continued beyond the 

 middle, and the antennae inserted at a greater distance from 

 the apex. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Illawarra, Kurrajong (Macleay 

 Museum). 



The prothorax as long as wide, with the sides subparallel 

 for part of their length, and each elytron separately rounded 

 at apex, render this a very distinct species. It appears to be- 

 close to nodulosus, which, however, is said to have a scutellum 

 and the elytra sulcate-punctate. I have described the best- 

 preserved specimen; two others have the scales of a uniform 

 pale dingy-brown and almost without a trace of the very 

 distinct basal and apical patches of white scales on the elytra 

 of the type. 



Imaliodes ovipennis, n. sp. 



Black, scapes and claws dingy-red. Densely clothed with 

 suberect scales, confused amongst small mud-like ones, all of 

 a uniform shade of dingy-brown. 



