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mosus ; capite ochraceo, nigro vario ; rostro prothorace breviore, vage 

 punctata; antennis ferrugineis, subsetulosis ; clava nigra; prothorace 

 plerumque dense albo-squamoso, basi fusco-bimaculato, dorso in medio 

 linea elevata longitudinali, tuberculisque sex (2 apicalibus, 4 me- 

 dianis, transversis) notatis; scutello subquadrato; elytris oblongis, 

 ruguloso-punctatis, squamulis fuscis inconspicuis vestitis, macula hu- 

 merali plagaque apicali albidis, tuberculis fasciculatis nonnullis ad- 

 spersis, pra3cipue singulatim duobus rotundatis basalibus, interiore 

 inajore, alteroque apicali; corpore infra pedibusque dense albido 

 fuscoque squamosis. Long. 4| lin. 

 Hab. West Australia. 



Poropterus porrigineus. (PI. XII. fig. 2.) P. ovatus, supra de- 

 pressus, ater, squamulis concoloribus suberectis sat sparse tectus; 

 rostro valido, prothorace breviore ; antennis rufo-piceis ; clava nigra, 

 tomentosa; scapo elongato ; funiculi articulo secundo tribus sequenti- 

 bus conjunctim longiore, primo breviore, ultimo ampliato ; prothorace 

 latitudine paulo breviore, antice multo angustiore, utrinque rotundato, 

 basi paulo incurvato, angulis posticis rotundato, apice modice producto, 

 in medio longitudinaliter carinulato, dorso plagis duabus nudis notato ; 

 scutello inviso ; elytris basi prothorace parum latioribus, deinde for- 

 titer rotundatis, postice gradatim declivibus, subcostatis, costis duabus 

 dorsalibus singulatim subbifasciatis, sat remote leviter foveatis ; pe- 

 dibus rude squamosis ; processu intercoxali dilatato ; abdomine seg- 

 ments duobus basalibus ampliatis, sutura prima in medio minus 

 distincta. Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Victoria. 



The contour of this species, almost wedge-shaped, except for 

 the slightly rounded outline, from the posterior third of the elytra, 

 is its most striking character. 



Poropterus musculus. P. subovatus, niger, squamositate brunnea 

 tectus, squamis erectis plerumque fuscis adspersus ; rostro valido, sat 

 breviusculo ; antennis subpiceis, funiculi articulis duobus basalibus 

 conjunctim scapo parum longioribus, primo longiore et crassiore ; 

 prothorace latitudine breviore, antice haud producto, pone apicem 

 utrinque fortiter rotundato, basi subtruncato, supra fasciculis sex in- 

 structo, 2 apicalibus, 4 transversim antemedianis ; scutello orbiculari ; 

 elytris modiCe convexis, lateribus leviter rotundatis, postice perpa- 

 rum latioribus, humeris fortiter productis, apicem versus subito an- 

 gustioribus, apice ipso late rotundatis, dorso fasciculis plurimis ad- 

 spersis ; pedibus rude squamosis ; abdomine segmento secundo quam 

 3. 4. conjunctim fere duplo longiore, sutura prima obliterata. Long. 

 3 lin. 



Hab. Tasmania. 



The smallest species of the genus, and in habit like Agenopus 



