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very much like a small Poropterus ; its head is flat, except the 

 basal portion, which is glabrous and with a slight bluish 

 iridiscence. 



POROPTERELLUS INTERCOXALIS, n. sp. 



Black, opaque; antennae and tarsi dull-red. Not very 

 densely clothed with stout, suberect, brown scales, on the 

 prothorax confined to the punctures, except for four feeble 

 fascicles across middle, and two still more feeble ones at apex ; 

 elytra irregularly clothed, the sides almost naked, with feeble 

 fascicles in places; each puncture of under-surface containing 

 a scale; legs rather densely clothed. Head between eyes and 

 base of rostrum feebly clothed. 



Head rather large, flattened and punctate between eyes, 

 basal portion bald, lightly punctate and with a faint-bluish 

 iridiscence, with a feeble median impression, and which is trace- 

 able to base ; eyes separated from head by a feeble groove pos- 

 teriorly. Rostrum shorter than prothorax, apex as wide as 

 base, sides feebly incurved to middle, base and sides rather 

 coarsely but not densely punctate, apex moderately-densely 

 punctate; along middle smooth and shining. Prothorax as 

 long as wide; with rather large, round, non-confluent punc- 

 tures. Elytra wider than and not twice the length of pro- 

 thorax, base truncate, shoulders rounded, widest before 

 middle; with series of large, round, deep punctures, of almost 

 equal size throughout; interstices regular, convex, narrower 

 than punctures. Metasternum with a shallow elliptic impres- 

 sion on each side. Basal segment of abdomen with two curved 

 series of punctures ; those of the first very large and subbasal, 

 but at sides curved round coxae, those of the second subapical 

 and not continuous to sides; suture between first and second 

 segments deep at sides, marked in middle by a large puncture 

 or fovea, and not traceable elsewhere; second segment with a 

 row of rather large punctures. Femora coarsely punctate, 

 feebly dentate, posterior strongly curved and passing elytra 

 for about one-fifth of their length; fourth joint of tarsi notice- 

 ably longer than first. Length, 4 mm.; rostrum, 1 mm.; 

 width, 2 mm. 



Hob. — Queensland: Cairns (Macleay Museum). 



The abdominal punctures are very remarkable. The 

 ocular fovea is scarcely distinguishable amidst the surrounding 

 punctures. On the middle of each elytron of the type there 

 is a small and indefinite patch of pale scales. 



Glvptoporopterus, n. g. 



Head large and partially concealed. Eyes ovate, widely 

 separated, very finely faceted. Rostrum moderately long and 



