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subtilissimis parce adspersa, pectore abdomineque ad latera magis 

 pilosis ; rostro nitido, prothorace haud longiore ; antennis apicem 

 versus nigricantibus ; prothorace ampliato-rotundato, valde convexo, 

 confertim granulato- punctato, postice in medio longitudinaliter im- 

 presso ) scutello transverso, longe albido-piloso ; elytris prothorace 

 haud latioribus, parallelis, apice rotundatis, crebre granulato-punctatis ; 

 femoribus anticis valde incrassatis. Long. 6 lin. 

 Hab. Western Australia (Nicol Bay). 



This species is distinguished by its uniform coral-red colour 

 when seen under a strong lens, and its more convex prothorax, 

 without any, or with only a very fine trace, of the longitudinal ridges 

 of nearly all its congeners. 



Poltjdus. 

 (Ceratopodinse.) 



Rostrum subvalidum; scrobes subterminales, obliquse, marginem 

 anteriorem oculorum iofra desinentes \ funiculus articulis duobus 

 basalibus longioribus, reliquis transversis, gradatim incrassatis ; 

 clava ovalis, distincta. Oculi transversi, grosse granulati. 

 Prothorax transversus, basi bisinuatus, lobis ocularibus di- 

 stinctis. Scutellum rotundatum. Elytra prothorace parum 

 latiora, pygidium obtegentia, basi reflexo-marginata, apice obtuse 

 rotundata. Pedes antici majores ; femora valida, infra dentata ; 

 tibiae compressor, arcuatae, sulcata?, anticse intus bisinuatae ; tarsi 

 normales ; unguiculi bifidi. Mesosternum dentatum. Meta- 

 sternum breviusculum. Abdomen segmentis duobus basalibus 

 modice ampliatis ; sutura prima arcuata, cseteris rectis. 



The exponent of this genus has much the habit of a Lcemosaccus ; 

 but, except for the shorter and stouter rostrum, the characters 

 given above show that it is a member of the Ceratopodinaa, and 

 an interesting addition to that limited subfamily. 



Polydus dumosus. (PI. XIII. fig. 4.) P. breviusculus, rufo-fuscus, 

 glaber, elytris rufo-brunneis ; rostro prothorace parum longiore, paulo 

 arcuato, omnino crebre punctato ; antennis subtestaceis ; funiculo 

 breviusculo, articulo primo crassiore ; prothorace fortiter transverso, 

 utrinque rotundato, lineis obliquis subreticulatis munito ; elytris sub- 

 nitidis, leviter sulcato-punctatis, punctis remotis, interstitiis rugoso- 

 granulatis : corpore infra pedibusque rufo-brunneis, parce griseo- 

 pilosis, illo sat fortiter punctato ; tibiis intermediis extus ad apicem 

 dente obtuso instructis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Brazil (Bahia). 



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