BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 



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The rostrum in this species is much shorter than in any of its 

 known Australian conseners. 



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AULETES MINOR, n.Sp, 



9. Piceous; very sparsely clothed with short greyish pubes- 

 cence; head glabrous. 



Head rather feebly punctate; eyes small. Rostrum, long, thin, 

 subcylindrical. Antennae inserted at extreme base of rostrum, 

 2nd joint thicker than 1st. Prothorax with sides increasing to 

 near Vjase; densely and moderately strongly punctate. Elytra 

 moderately densely but (except near base) rather shallowly 

 punctate; sutural stria very distinct. Length 1|, rostrum 'i mm. 



Hab. — Dalmorton, N.S.W. (on Ficus sp.). 



The smallest species of the genus hitherto described from 

 Austi'alia. 



AULETES EUCALYPTI, n.sp. 



Clear reddish-testaceous ; rostrum either entirely piceous or 

 piceous at the base only; club and suture of elyti'a infuscate; body 

 beneath (except prosternum) black; legs reddish, apical joints of 

 tarsi infuscate. Sparsely clothed with short greyish pubescence; 

 head glabrous. 



Head sparsely and finely punctate; eyes large in ^, small in ^ . 

 Rostrum about once and one-half the length of prothorax, shining 

 and feebly increasing to apex. Antennae inserted at extreme 

 base of rostrum, 2nd joint as thick as but shorter than 1st. Pro- 

 thorax transverse, sides increasing to near base, then suddenly 

 lessened; strongly but not very densely punctate. Elytra not 

 very densely and rather feebly punctate, punctures moderately 

 strong at base; sutural stria very distinct, nari'ower in ^ than 

 in (J. Length 1§, rostrum j mm. 



Hab. — Swan River, W.A. (on young Eucalypts). 



In appearance resembling the species I suppose to be suturalis, 

 Waterhouse, but smaller and the insertion of antennae different. 



