74 6 NEW SPECIKS OF AUSTRAI>IAN COLEOPTERA, xiv. 



elytra might fairly be regarded as impunctate. as tlie punctures 

 are so extremely small that it is only from certain directions, and 

 in a good light, that they may be seen under a ^'oddington lens. 



CURCULIONID^. 

 Cyrotyphus variegatus, n Sp. 



Black, parts of tarsi obscurely diluted with. j>'d. Densely 

 clothed with variegated, depressed pubescence or setfie, the elytra 

 with numerous, small fascicles. 



Head and base of rostrum with dense, normally concealed 

 punctures of moderate size, apical half of rostrum with small, 

 dense punctures. Antennte moderately long, third joint twice 

 the length of second, and distinctly longer than fourth, eleventh 

 about once and one-half the length of tenth. Profhorax about 

 as long as basal width, which is considerably more than that of 

 apex, sides bisinuate, with an irregular ridge on each side of 

 middle, rising into a small tubercle near base, each side with a 

 feeble, granulate elevation: with dense, more or less concealed 

 punctures, and a few scattered granules. Elytra much wider 

 than prothorax, almost parallel-sided to near apex, each elytron 

 with two obtuse ridges near base, the inner one moderately 

 elevated about summit of apical slope ; with small, distinct 

 granules about base, but other granules, and dense punctures, 

 normally concealed. FHmora stout, rather lightly but distinctly 

 dentate. Length, 13 mm. 



Hah. — Tasmania (J. E. Philp); unique. 



Readily distinguished from C fasc'Cidaius, by the prothorax 

 being without a conspicuous, transverse series of four tubercles; 

 the elytra also are much more conspicuously variegated. The 

 apical half of the rostrum is glabrous, but all other parts are 

 more or less densely clothed, the pubescence being mostly stra- 

 mineous, but varving to white (there is a conspicuous, bisinuate, 

 white mark traversing the suture slightly beyond the middle) 

 and black; on the elytra, there are numerous, small fascicles 

 (especially along the suture), all of which are black: the abdomen 

 has a vaguely striped appearance. 



