628 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTBRA, 



Head as long as the width at the base, but not the width across 

 the eyes, these very prominent; a shallow, very indistinct impres- 

 sion in the middle of the base; antennae reaching to about the 

 middle of the elytra; 2nd-5th joints cylindric, 6th-10th obconic, 

 3rd shortest, 11th longest, not quite as long as 9th-10th combined; 

 lst-3rd narrowest, 11th widest, the others equal in length and 

 width, none of the joints transverse. Prothorax scarcely if at all 

 longer than wide, at its apex the width of the base of the head, 

 at its base scarcely as wide as the width across the eyes; the apex 

 and sides rounded, the base minutely trisinuate; on each side of 

 the middle of the base a broad shallow fovea causing a Y-shaped 

 elevation to appear; a transverse shallow impression in the middle 

 not visible when viewed from above or behind. Elytra twice as 

 long as head and prothorax combined, and about twice as long as 

 wide, at its widest about the middle; shoulders slightly rounded, 

 an arcuate impression behind the base. Posterior femora not 

 much thicker than the others; all the tibise straight, the posterior 

 are widened towards and emarginate at apex, the first joint of its 

 tarsi about twice as long as the others combined, the first of the 

 intermediate is about equal or slightly less than the others com- 

 bined. Length 1^, width -| mm. 



Hab. — Galston. 



CURCULIONID.E. 



Mbthypora parallela, n.sp. 



Narrow, parallel-sided, as deep as wide. The derm dark 

 reddish-brown, of the elytra dark red. Densely covered all over 

 with small round scales; on the rostrum, anterior portion of 

 head, three longitudinal lines on prothorax, an irregular fascia 

 near the base, the apex and sides of elytra, lower surface, and the 

 legs they are of a beautiful shining golden colour, with an 

 occasional greenish tinge; the rest of the scales are dirty brown, 

 except on the scutellum, where they are white. Forehead, apex 

 of rostrum, apex (and disk sparsely) of elytra and tibise with short 

 recurved set*. Head and rostrum densely and minutely punctate; 



