BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 605 



elsewhere. Posterior femora strongly dilated near their outer 

 apex, where their width is more than half their total length. 

 Length 4|, rostrum 1^, width 2 mm. 



^a6.— Tasmania and King Island, on several shrubs growing 

 close to sea-beaches. 



Ampagia alata, n.sp. 



Black; in places (including the rostrum) piceous-brown; antennae 

 and tarsi reddish. Densely clothed with pale brown, intermingled 

 with semierect sooty scales; a distinct patch of snowy scales on 

 basal third of elytra scarcely extending halfway to sides, and a 

 few small and indistinct spots on suture beyond middle. Under 

 surface with paler scales than above; apices of all the femora with 

 whitish scales. 



Rostrum densely and coarsely punctate; with a feeble median 

 ridge. Prothorax with dense, round, clearly cut punctures, which, 

 however, are entirely concealed by clothing. Scutellum small. 

 Elytra with compressed striaj, marked at regular intervals by 

 small punctures. Under surface with dense, almost concealed 

 punctures. Posterior femora scarcely twice as long as their 

 greatest width. Length 3|, rostrum |; width limm. 



//a6.— N.S.W.: Tarn worth. 



This species possesses a scutellum and wings, chai-acters which 

 would seem to forbid its being placed in Ampagia (I can state 

 positively that both A. erinacea and A. femoralis are apterous), 

 but I have not ventured to propose a genus for its reception, as 

 in all else (including the femora and abdomen) it is conformable 

 to the genus. The scutellum is small, and, were it not for the 

 clothing, would be scarcely traceable; the elytra are apparently 

 soldered together, but having (in the unique specimen, under 

 examination) forced them apart, gauzy wings are plainly 

 discernible. 



Ampagia montivaga Oil. 



Idotasia montivaga Oil., Mem. Aust. Mus., 1889, p,19. 



Black; antennae and legs red; each elytron diluted with red in 

 middle. Glabrous except for a few indistinct setose scales at 



