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tenuiter granulatis ; antennis piceis, funiculo art. secundo primo mani- 

 feste longiore, clava ovali ; prothorace oblongo, antice constricto, 

 supra parum convexo, pone apicem excavato, in medio tuberculis 

 tribus instructo, uno elongato anteriore, duobus rotundatis poste- 

 rioribus transversim sitis ; elytris breviter ovatis, tenuiter seriatim 

 punctatis, interstitiis planatis, humeris vix productis, apiee rotun- 

 datis, singulis triseriatim tuberculatis — serie interiore e tuberculis tribus 

 distantibus alte elevatis, exteriore e quatuor validis, intermedio unico 

 parvo, eompositis ; pedibus breviter setosulis. Long. 6 lin. 

 Hab. Batchian. 



Poropterus approximatus. P. praecedenti affinis sed valde di- 

 stinctus ; differt rostro rugoso, irregulariter punctato, clava magis 

 elongata ; interstitiis elytrorum elevatis, serie interiore tuberculorum 

 quinque, approximatis, minus elevatis, tuberculo secundo parvo, serie 

 exteriore e tuberculis variis, nonnullis fere obsoletis, eompositis. Long. 

 7 lin. 



Hab. Kaioa. 



In this species the tubercles of the exterior row are irregular 

 in size, and not well limited. This and the last are somewhat dif- 

 ferent in habit from any of the Australian species. 



Section II. First and second joints of the funicle equal in length, or the 

 first a little longer. 



Poropterus hariolus. (PI. VII. fig. 7.) P. elongato-ovatus, 

 niger, subsilaceo-squamosus ; rostro valido ; antennis piceis, scapo 

 oculum vix attingente, funiculo art. duobus basalibus fere sequalibus ; 

 oculis tenuiter granulatis; prothorace vage granulato, longe ante apicem 

 subito constricto, turn fortiter tuberculato-producto, postice sensim 

 angustiore, basi incurvato, supra in medio valde excavato, tuberculis 

 duobus transversim obsitis; scutello distincto; elytris prothorace 

 paulo latioribus, compressis, fortiter punctatis, postice sensim decli- 

 vibus, granulis subnitidis subseriatim adspersis, singulatim tuberculis 

 conicis validis in seriebus duabus instructis, exteriore e tribus, interiore 

 e quatuor majoribus, quorum tuberculo postico validiore, eompositis, 

 apicibus tuberculis duobus minusculis terminatis ; corpore infra pedi- 

 busque subvage squamosis. Long. 7-8 lin. 



Hab. Queensland. 



Differs from P. Westwoodii, Waterh., inter alia, in having the 

 apex of each elytron bituberculate. 



Poropterus sphacelatus. P. sat anguste ovatus, niger, squamis 

 subsilaceis, plerumque erectis, vestitus ; capite inter oculos fovea trian- 

 gulari impresso ; rostro valido, squamis erectis adsperso ; antennis pi- 

 ceis, funiculo art. duobus basalibus fere sequalibus ; oculis fortiter gra- 



