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Head with coarse concealed punctures; eyes finely faceted. 

 Rostrum the length of prothorax, feebly curved, sides incurved 

 to middle, coarsely and irregularly punctate, a feeble shining 

 impunctate line along middle. Scape inserted almost in exact 

 middle of rostrum, the length of three basal joints of funicle; 

 of the latter the first joint is distinctly longer than the second, 

 the others are transverse. Prothorax slightly transverse, base 

 almost truncate; with moderately large but almost entirely- 

 concealed punctures. Elytra ovate, as deep as wide, rather 

 suddenly elevated above prothorax, shoulders not projecting 

 and no wider than prothorax, widest at about middle ; seriate 

 punctate or foveate, punctures subquadrate, close together, 

 partially obscured by clothing. Punctures of under-surface 

 concealed. Legs long; femora with dense partially-concealed 

 punctures, finely but acutely dentate, posterior just passing 

 apex of elytra. Length, 4f mm.; rostrum, 1J mm.; width, 

 2| mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Barron Falls (A. Koebele), Cairns 

 (Macleay Museum). 



In outline much like nigricornis, but the legs longer and 

 thinner and the clothing very different. 



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Imaliodes frater, n. sp. 



Dark blackish-brown, antennae and tarsi dull-red. 

 Densely clothed with suberect stout ochreous-brown scales ; a 

 feeble but distinct median fascia of paler scales on the elytra, 

 the convex side of which is directed towards the base; each 

 elytral puncture containing a scale, and outlined by scales, 

 except beneath the fascia and towards base. 



Funicle with the second joint longer but not much thinner 

 than first. Length, 5| mm. ; rostrum, If mm. ; width, 

 2| mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Mount Dryander (type in Mr. A. 

 Simson's collection). 



Remarkably close in appearance to edentatus, but larger, 

 the clothing paler and with a feeble elytral fascia. The prin- 

 cipal difference, however, lies in the funicle. In this species 

 the second joint is distinctly longer than the first and not 

 much thinner, the two combined being as long as the rest 

 combined; in edentatus the second joint is shorter and much 

 thinner than the first, and the two combined are shorter than 

 the rest combined. I can find no other structural differences, 

 but the punctures of the elytra are more clearly defined than 

 in edentatus. 



