BY THE REV, T. BLACKBURN. 585 



sime lineatim dispositis ; rostro quam prothorax sesqui- 

 longiori ; funiculi articulo 1° quam ii"^ fere sesquilongiori ; 

 prothorace vix transverse, subtilius sat crebre punctulato ; 

 elytris striato-punctulatis, interstitiis sat planis uniseriatim 

 punctulatis, puncturis in striis quam in interstitiis hand 

 majoribus. [Long. 1?, lat. ;^ line. 



This appears to be quite a typical Cydmcea scarcely differing 

 from C luctuosa, Pasc, (with which I have carefully compared it) 

 otherwise than by the greater length of the rostrum and the 

 different colouring and pattern of its scales. These cover the 

 whole surface so that in a fresh example the sculpture is entirely 

 hidden. Taking the blackish scales as the ground, the brown (or 

 in some examples whitish-brown) scales are the prevailing ones on 

 the head and base of rostrum, are thickly sprinkled singly like 

 minute pale specks on the prothorax, and on the elytra have a 

 tendency to run (placed in single file) in longitudinal lines sepa- 

 rated from each other by lines of dark scales also running in single 

 file ; these pale lines of scales are much interrupted but in many 

 places three or four adjacent lines are interrupted at the same 

 distance from the base of the elytra, and the next three or four at 

 a different point so that from some points of view there is an 

 appearance of a number of spots each consisting of thi'ee or four 

 lines of differently coloured scales, equal in length and placed side 

 by side, — but a merely casual glance gives the idea of a blackish 

 surface confusedly and not very conspicuously mottled with pale 

 brown. 



C. lineata is closely allied to C. ohsciira, Blackb., from which it 

 differs by its evidently longer i-ostrum and less transverse pro- 

 thorax, the latter being decidedly more rounded laterally and less 

 narrowed in front as compared with the base ; — the scale-markings 

 moreover are different, the lighter scales in ohscura being com- 

 paratively much more prevalent in the apical portion of the elytra 

 and there being distinctly tioliite^ whereas in lineata they are some- 

 what evenly distributed and in no part are really white. 



Kangaroo Island ; taken by Mr. J. O. Tepper. 



