620 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



rather sparse, and others in which they are ochreous and more 

 numerous. Some of my specimens have the rostrum with a dense 

 line of setose scales on each side, and others without or with very 

 feeble lines of scales; there is usually a small tuft of scales near 

 each eye, and sometimes these tufts are almost conjoined. The 

 elytral puncturation is coarse, but often almost entirely concealed. 

 The length (excluding rostrum) varies from 2^ to 5 lines. 



A. HORRENS, Pasc. — This species I have not seen; it should be 

 distinct on account of the lateral tubercles of the rostrum. 



Aromagis saginata, n.sp. 



Robust, black, opaque. Densely clothed with brown scales 

 above, becoming fasciculate on tubercles; scales of under surface 

 rather paler than above. 



Head large, sculpture concealed by scales. Rostrum thick, 

 slightly curved, widening to base and apex, near apex excavated 

 and with visible punctures. Antennae densely squamose. Pro- 

 thorax subglobular, granulate and punctate, irregularly tubercu- 

 late, a moderately distinct tubercle on each side of middle; from 

 middle to apex with a strong fasciculate crest. Seidell urn 

 .small, elliptic. Elytra scarcely thrice the length of prothorax 

 and twice its width, feebly decreasing to near apex; shoulders 

 square; coarsely punctate, punctures partially concealed; with at 

 least six distinct fasciculate tubercles on each elytron, three on 

 the 3rd interstice of which the median one is the smallest, and 

 the apical (at summit of posterior declivity) the largest; three on 

 the 5th interstice all placed slightly to the rear of those on 3rd, 

 the apical one at about the middle of declivity and slightly 

 smaller than the apical one of 3rd; 7th interstice with several 

 feeble fascicles; suture feebly granulate. Length 13, rostrum 3j 

 width 6 mm. 



//a6.— Australia (Mr. W. Kershaw, Senr.). 



May readily be distinguished from A. echinata by its much 

 larger size, differently formed rostrum, centrally crested prothorax, 

 Ac. My unique specimen was given to me without exact locality. 



