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of the other species here described, the scape is unusually 

 long, the body is strongly convex and comparatively narrow, 

 and the femora are edentate ; so that I may be wrong in 

 referring it to Exithius — it is, at any rate, very closely allied 

 to that genus. 



Exithius inamabilis, n. sp. 



Moderately densely clothed with sooty and muddy-grey 

 scales, irregularly distributed, and forming feeble fascicles on 

 elytra, but not on prothorax. 



Head densely punctate ; forehead not trisinuate. Ros- 

 trum subopaque in <$ , shining in 9 > rather thinner than 

 usual ; base and sides with coarse punctures, elsewhere not 

 coarsely or- densely punctate. Antennae inserted almost in 

 exact middle. Prothorax moderately transverse, sides strongly 

 rounded ; with dense, round, shallow, partially-concealed 

 punctures. Elytra briefly subovate, widest just beyond 

 middle, base feebly trisinuate; all the interstices slightly con- 

 vex and each feebly produced at base ; with series of large 

 punctures, becoming not much smaller posteriorly. Meso- 

 stemal receptacle very feebly and not suddenly elevated ; 

 densely punctate. Abdomen with dense, round punctures. 

 Femora stouter than usual; rather feebly dentate. Length, 

 4 mm.; rostrum, 1J mm.; width, 2 mm.; variation in 

 length, 3J-4| mm. 



Hab.—New South Wales: Forest Reefs (A. M. Lea). 



A short broad species, having the rostrum rather longer 

 than usual and the prothorax without fascicles ; on one 

 specimen that has been entirely abraded each elytral punc- 

 ture appears to be bounded by four minute granules, and 

 which give the elytra a curious appearance, but these granules 

 are usually not traceable. 



Exithius brevis, n. sp. 

 Black, antennae and tarsi dull-red. Densely clothed with 

 large, soft, sooty-brown scales, that on the prothorax and 

 elytra form feeble fascicles. 



Head densely and confusedly punctate ; forehead not tri- 

 sinuate. Rostrum the length of prothorax; sides feebly in- 

 curved to middle ; densely and coarsely punctate, punctures 

 concealed except on apical fourth. Scape inserted in exact 

 middle of rostrum ; first joint of funicle stouter but scarcely 

 longer than second. Prothorax moderately transverse, sides 

 strongly rounded, apex about half the width of base; with 

 dense, round punctures, becoming smaller anteriorly. Elytra 

 about once and one-third the width and about twice the 

 length of prothorax, slightly longer than wide ; with series of 

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