608 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



strongly punctate. Prothorax transverse; densely and strongly 

 punctate; sides increasing to near base, a .small fovea near base. 

 Elytra strongly striate-punctate, punctures large, suboblong ; 

 interstices not much wider than punctures and feebly punctate. 

 Under surface moderately strongly punctate. Length ^ 2 J, 

 9 2 mm. 



//a6.— Tamworth, N.S.W. 



A rather robust species. 



ApION iEMULUM, n.Sp. 



Black; rostrum dark red, its base piceous; legs pale reddish- 

 testaceous; tarsi infuscate. Rather densely clothed with white 

 pubescence, a little less regular on elytra than elsewhere. 



Size and sculpture much as in preceding, l)ut the rostrum 

 almost straight, the prothoracic fovea much less distinct, the 

 punctures in elytral striae only moderately strong, and the 

 interstices proportionately wider and more densely punctate. 

 Length 2 mm. 



Hab. — Tam worth. 



Very close to the preceding, but the straight rostrum prevents 

 it from being regarded as a variety only of the former. I have 

 both sexes. 



Apion philanthdm, n.sp. 



Body usually of a dark piceous-brown or black, occasionally 

 dark red; rostrum black, piceous, or red, usually darker in ^ than 

 in 5; legs pale reddish-testaceous, tarsi infuscate; under surface 

 usually concolorous with upper, but the abdomen sometimes paler. 

 Densely clothed with whitish pubescence, often slightly irregular 

 in middle of elytra; under surface with purer pubescence than 

 upper. 



Head strongly punctate. Rostrum punctate, moderately curved; 

 in 9 the length of j^rothorax, in ^ of the head and prothorax 

 combined; very feebly decreasing from base to apex. Antennfe 

 inserted at about one-fourth from base of rostrum. Prothorax 

 transverse, base bisinuate, sides increasing to near base; densely 



