336 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



the present species inier alia is of altogether stouter aspect, the 

 rostrum of the female especially being more robust. 

 S. Australia ; near Adelaide. 



Emplesis albosignata, sp.nov. 



Elongata ; sat robusta ; ferruginea ; squamis ferrugineis 

 fuscis et albis variegata, squamis albis mox pone suturse 

 medium fascia communi brevi condensatis ; funiculi articulo 

 1° quam 2"* vix plus sesquilongiori, ceteris sat brevibus, 

 ultimis vix tiansversis. [Long. 2, lat. g line. 



Maris rostro quam prothorax manifeste longiori, pro mare 

 gracili, leviter arcuato ; antennis paullo ante rostri medium 

 insertis. 



Feminse rostro quam prothorax plus paullo longiori, gracili 

 sat arcuato ; antennis vix ante rostri medium insertis. 

 The general characters of this (as of the preceding) species are so 

 like those of U. notata that it seems useless to repeat them in 

 detail. The elytra however have markings which do not appear 

 variable (I have seen four specimens). The dark fuscous scales 

 are condensed into more or less numerous subquadrate spots, and 

 besides these there are conspicuous white scales placed on and 

 around the scutellum and also forming a short fascia crossing the 

 suture immediately behind the middle (this fascia is continued 

 very indistinctly quite to the lateral margins), and a few scarcely 

 conspicuous spots near the apex. Compared with E. notata and 

 assimilis this species has the antennal funicle more elongate, 

 and the rostrum longer and more slender in both sexes (particu- 

 larly in the male). The rostrum is more arcuate and the antennae 

 are inserted further from the apex than in E. notata. I think 

 the markings on the elytra may be relied on as a good character. 

 There are some conspicuous snowy-white scales on the ventral 

 segments also which do not appear in other species known to me. 

 S. Australia ; near Adelaide. 



Emplesis umbrosa, sp.nov. 

 Elongata ; sat robusta ; ferruginea ; squamis umbrinis et 

 cinei'eis variegata ; squamis piceo-umbrinis in elytrorum 



