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fortiter punctulatum, sculptura sub squamas abdita ; rostro 

 arcuato sat valido, prothorace vix longiori ; hoc transverso 

 antice angustato, margine antico baud elevato ; elytris con- 

 fertim striatis, interstitiis angiistissimis. 



[Long, li, lat. I line. 



The elytra are peculiarly sculptured, bearing a great number of 

 fine closely approximate striaj, the intervals between which are 

 extremely narrow. In most examples the colour is pale reddish, — 

 almost pink, —while the elytra are of a pale canary-yellow colour ; 

 in some examples the colour is entirely yellow, the scales however 

 being always whitish. 



S. Australia ; Port Lincoln. By sweeping flowers. An example 

 from King George's Sound appears hardly separable, though its 

 prothorax is certainly somewhat more transverse. 



MiSOPHRICE. 



For some of the species described below new generic names 

 might perhaps be suitably provided, but I do not thiuk that the 

 omission to provide them will cause confusion, as the characters 

 common to the species are extremely well-marked and unusual ; 

 the following in combination will distinguish them from all 

 Australian CurcuUonidce outside Misophrice ; — Rostrum slender, 

 not, or scarcely, shorter than prothorax ; antennal funicle 

 with only 6 joints ; anterior coxae contiguous ; femora unarmed ; 

 tibiae normally slender, mucronate (or at least submucronate) \ 

 claw joint of tarsi wanting. 



To Mr. Pascoe's diagnosis of the genus the following character 

 may be added : — eyes finely granulated ; it may also be remarked 

 that in all the species of wliich I have seen more than one or two 

 examples, I find the sexes distinguished by the presence or 

 absence of a fovea on the apical ventral segment, and that the 

 species having the prostprnum very short anteriorly have the 

 intermediate coxae more widely separated than the other species 

 have. 



