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densely punctate, the punctures rather small and towards the 

 base and sides concealed. Elytra not more than twice the 

 length of prothorax ; shoulders produced and shining ; near 

 base and scutellum with about fourteen highly-polished 

 granules or small tubercles of irregular size; with series of 

 small and distinct punctures, behind nearly every one of 

 which is a small shining granule, the first row is straight, the 

 second slightly, and the third decidedly curved about the 

 middle ; interstices with very small punctures and with small, 

 shining, irregularly and sparsely distributed granules. 

 Metastemum slightly concave. Abdomen with the first seg- 

 ment feebly concave, raised above, and its suture with second 

 concealed across the middle, except when viewed directly from 

 behind, fifth, and the third and fourth at sides, rather densely 

 punctate. Each of the four posterior femora with a small 

 and acute tooth, of the anterior with a large and very acute 

 tooth, all transversely rugulose ; apical half of anterior tibiae 

 obsoletely dentate or serrate beneath, basal half of inter- 

 mediate with a very narrow compressed space above. Length, 

 7 mm. ; rostrum, 1| mm. ; width, 3 J mm. 



Eab. — New South Wales: Richmond River (A. M. Lea). 



At a glance the surface appears to be almost glabrous. 

 The shining granules and small tubercles at the base of the 

 elytra are usually different on each elytron and are not alike 

 in the three specimens under examination ; the largest, how- 

 ever, is always on the third interstice. From certain direc- 

 tions the abdomen appears to be supplied with a feeble plate 

 like in Amydala and its allies. The rostrum is not twice as 

 long as its width at the apex. 



Onidistus subfornicatus, n. sp. 



Dark blackish-brown, antennae (club excepted) and tarsi 

 pale-red. Densely clothed with minute muddy-grey scales 

 which entirely conceal the derm ; prothorax with stout, 

 brown, curved, setose scales, each arising from a puncture ; 

 elytra with similar scales on the interstices, but which are 

 often scarcely traceable when viewed from above. 



Head very distinctly quadri - impressed ; excavated 

 between eyes. Rostrum comparatively stout ; rather coarsely 

 (for the genus) punctate at base and leaving a distinct shin- 

 ing carina behind the antennae (punctures and carina less 

 noticeable in 9 than in d 1 ). Antennae as in araneus, except 

 that they are rather stouter. Prothorax with rather strong 

 and rather dense, equally distributed punctures, which, how- 

 ever, are entirely concealed. Elytra striate-punctate, punc- 

 tures very large (almost foveate) on basal third, becoming 



