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described below the base of the head is highly polished and 



entirely bald. 



Posterior femora passing elytra; prothor- 



acic punctures more or less confluent . punctipennis, n. sp. 



Posterior femora not extending to apex of 

 abdomen ; prothoracic punctures not 

 confluent rarus, n. sp. 



NOTOCALVICEPS PUNCTIPENNIS, n. Sp. 



Black, subopaque ; antennae, tarsi, and tibial hooks dull- 

 red. Not very densely clothed with stout reddish-brown scales ; 

 on the prothorax one in each puncture, on the elytra forming 

 feeble decumbent, clusters on the interstices, suture with 

 minute scales, each puncture with a small scale, a distinct patch 

 of pale scales on each side at apex; abdomen with sparse 

 elongate scales; legs rather densely clothed. Head between 

 eyes (elsewhere perfectly bald) and basal half of rostrum 

 sparsely squamose. 



Head highly polished (except between eyes) and finely but 

 distinctly punctate; forehead strongly quadrisinuate, the 

 median excavations deeper and narrower than the lateral ones, 

 and separated by a distinct ridge, the lateral excavations mar- 

 gining the eyes; between eyes rather coarsely punctate; the 

 ocular fovea rather deep and large. Rostrum long and thin, 

 feebly decreasing in width from base to apex ; basal third sub- 

 opaque, subseriately punctate and with a very distinct, narrow, 

 shining, median carina; apical two-thirds polished and finely 

 punctate. Scape inserted at about two-fifths from apex of 

 rostrum ; two basal joints of funicle subequal, none of the 

 others transverse. Prothorax moderately transverse, sides 

 rather strongly rounded, base moderately bisinuate; coarsely 

 foveate-punctate, punctures more or less confluent, the inter- 

 spaces subtuberculate ; along middle of apical half a feeble 

 waved carina. Elytra subcordate, about once and one-fourth 

 the width, and not thrice the length of prothorax; seriate- 

 punctate or foveate, punctures large, deep, distant, triangular 

 or conical, and largest along suture and base, becoming smaller 

 at sides and much smaller posteriorly. Metasternum and basal 

 segment of abdomen each with a curved row of large punc- 

 tures. Legs densely punctate; femora acutely dentate, pos- 

 terior passing elytra. Length, 9 mm.; rostrum, 2| mm.; 

 width, 4£ mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Mossman River (type in Macleay 

 Museum). 



The scales on the unique specimen under examination are 

 condensed into small clusters on the elytra, and some of these 

 clusters are paler than the others. The elytral punctures are 



