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with minute scales on the interstices, a distinct oblique fascia 

 of whitish scales at summit of posterior declivity, and a small 

 round spot of similar scales on third interstice at one-third 

 from base ; under-surf ace and legs with denser and longer 

 clothing than on upper-surface. 



Long, thin, and subparallel. 11 tad moderately large, some- 

 what coarsely and irregularly punctate; ocular fovea wide, 

 but shallow and indistinct. Rostrum rather stout, the length 

 of prothorax, moderately curved, sides feebly incurved to 

 middle, base (but not extreme base) wider than apex ; coarsely 

 punctate throughout, but behind antennae the punctures sub- 

 seriate in arrangement. Antennae rather stout; scape inserted 

 just perceptibly nearer apex than base, the length of the three 

 following joints ; first joint of funicle slightly stouter and 

 longer than second, third to seventh subcylindrical and feebly 

 transverse; club briefly ovate. Prothorax slightly longer than 

 wide, base strongly bisinuate, basal four-fifths subparallel, 

 towards apex suddenly but not largely narrowed ; with dense 

 and moderately large and round but rather shallow punctures ; 

 surface somewhat uneven ; with a feeble median carina ; walls 

 slightly inwardly oblique. Elytra not much wider than and 

 about twice and one-half the length of prothorax, sides sub- 

 parallel, apex widely rounded and not much narrower than 

 base, base strongly trisinuate, shoulders produced; with series 

 of large, round, deep, subapproximate punctures, not much 

 smaller posteriorly than elsewhere ; interstices punctate, indis- 

 tinctly and very feebly granulate, narrower than series of 

 punctures, the alternate ones slightly raised. Pectoral canal 

 deep and wide, terminated at base of anterior coxae. Meso- 

 stemal receptacle raised in front, sides oblique, apex much 

 wider than base and almost truncate; cavernous. Meta- 

 sternum moderately large, but considerably shorter than the 

 following segment; densely punctate; episterna rather 

 narrow, each with a series of punctures. Abdomen long and 

 coarsely punctate, two basal segments depressed in middle in 

 <$ , feebly convex in 9 > nrS t as long as second and third com- 

 bined, intercoxal process wide and almost truncate, second 

 almost as long as third and fourth combined and considerably 

 longer than fifth. Femora stout, edentate, indistinctly (the 

 anterior not at all) grooved, posterior scarcely extending to 

 apical segment, densely punctate; tibiae rather short, in addi- 

 tion to the terminal hook each with a small subapical tooth ; 

 tarsi rather narrow, third joint not much wider than second 

 and bilobed for scarcely half its length, fourth long, thin, and 

 setose. Length, 6J mm. ; rostrum, H mm. ; width, 2^ mm. 



Bab. — New South Wales: Burrawang (T. G. Sloane), 

 Illawarra (Macleay Museum). 



