BY EUSTACE W. FERGUSON. 405 



Since the above notes were written I have had an opportunity ot examiiimg 

 a specimen of this species from Mr. A. M. Lea's collection. The scrobe is 

 strongly curved downwards in front of the eye; as the head is bent downwards 

 the relative position of the scrobe is below the eye, thus corresponding with 

 Pascoe's figure. The species can be readily separated from the following by 

 the position of the basal tubercles of the rostrum and by the more acute tubercles 

 both on prothorax and elytra. The size is smaller (5.5 x 2 imn. ). The position 

 of tiie head rendei's a view of the submentum dilKcult, the median lobe can 

 however be seen from certain directions, though it appears to be shorter tlian 

 in the other two species. 



AXASCOPTES PASCIATUS, n. sp. 



d". Small, elongate. Black; rather sparsely clothed with fine greyish sub- 

 pubescence, a denser fascia across base and one above declivity. 



Head not definitely separated from rostrum above; with a strong, erect, 

 rather obtuse tubercle above each eye. Rostrum short, broad, not excavate, ex- 

 ternal margins not raised, divergent basally, with a small prominence, hardly 

 a definite tubercle, over insertion of antennae; with two strong tubercles at ex- 

 treme Ijase, anterior and internal to the supraorbital tubercles, and separated 

 by a fairly deep sulcus. Scrobes strongly curved, extending to lower margin 

 of eyes. Antennae with rather short, moderately inerassate scape; funicle with 

 second joint distinctly longer than first. Eyes rotundate, rather coarsely faceted. 



Prothorax pentagonal in shape, the apex rather strongly jiroduced over the 

 head, without ocular lobes; median area depressed, with a deeper line in centre, 

 bordered on either side by a series of tubercles, conjoined into a distinct ridge, 

 the anterior tubercle projecting over the head, the middle tubercle the largest 

 and situated more outwardly; lateral margins with a strong outwardly projecting 

 tubercle anterior to middle, followed by a definite ridge, slightly inwardly 

 directed, to base; sides with three vertical impressions above, non-granulate. 



Elytra considerably wider than prothorax, the width across the third inter- 

 stices at base ecjual to width of base of prothorax; sides subparallel in median 

 portion, obliquely truncate at base; base with strong fonvardly projecting 

 tubercles at ends of first and third interstices; disc with rather large punctures, 

 separated by non-granulate ridges; first interstice non-granulate, with a single 

 basal tubercle; third interstice curved outward at base and towards apex, with 

 a double humeral tubercle, projecting forwards, followed by a row of about 6 

 tubercles, small gi-anuliform towards base, becoming larger towards apex, tlie 

 last large and conical, situated at top of declivity; fifth intei-stice outwardly 

 curved towards base and apex, with a forward projecting tubercle anteriorly, 

 but posterior to basal tubercle of the third interstice, followed by about 6 

 tubercles, the basal ones small, the apical larger and more conical, the penultimate 

 the largest, but smaller than apical tubercle of third interstice, the last situateil 

 about half-way down declivity; seventh interstice with a single infra-humeral 

 tubercle. Sides non-gTanulate. 



Venter rather closely pubescent, without median \itta, flattened ; intermediate 

 segments short; apical segment with a rather shallow apical transverse depression. 



Tarsi short, rather strongly setose; under surface of joints rather densely 

 pubescent. 



Dimien'sions : c?. 7x3 mm. 



Hab. — Western Australia: Mt. Barker (A. M. Lea). 



In general appearance resembling A. muricatus, the present species can be 



