BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 343 



the description implies that the 2rLd ventral segment is longer 

 than the following two. The feebly subdentate convexity of 

 the basal part of the claws within is found in other Erirhinidoe 

 having the claws divaricate and is scarcely to be seen except under 

 a compound microscope. , 



Empolis angustatus, sp.nov. 



Elongatus ; subparallelus ; piceus, antennis (clava excepta) 



rufis, tibiis tarsisque subferrugineis ; squamis piliformibus 



ochraceis minus confertim vestitus ; antennarum funiculi 



articulo 2° 1° haud breviori ; elytris striato-punctatis, punc- 



turis sat magnis subquadratis. [Long. 2J lines, lat. 5 line. 



The whole surface, including the rostrum and legs is thinly 



clothed with elongate pale scales which give the insect a slightly 



greyish appearance ; they do not form a defined pattern anywhere 



but on the prothorax fall into three scarcely indicated longitudinal 



vittse. The prothorax is slightly constricted near the front, and 



the projection of the ocular lobes makes the front margin of that 



segment appear somewhat bisinuate when viewed from above. The 



eyes are not quite so distant beneath as in Aoplocneniis, &c., 



owing to which the scrobes (though almost on the undersurface of 



the rostrum) yet reach the eyes. The longitudinal carinte of the 



rostrum are continuous almost to the apex but are not very strong 



and are much hidden by scales. The general appearance is quite 



that of a European Erirhinus (e.g , E. nereis). 



S. Australia ; near Port Lincoln. 



Olan^a. 



I have before me two examples (from Albany, the locality 

 whence the type is reported) which present all the characters 

 assigned in the latin diagnosis under this name as generic, and 

 which I cannot bring myself to consider distinct from 0. nigri- 

 collis, Pasc, in spite of some apparent specific discrepancies. In 

 one of these examples there are some coarse scales as well as erect 

 setae on the upper surface, — the other having similar setpe but 

 being almost absolutely scaleless, — the rostrum is clothed with 



