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colour is black, and there are a number of spots caused by little 

 patches of cinereous or brown scales, two or three on the pro- 

 thorax, one on each shoulder (the scutellura is densely clothed 

 with pale scales), and a number scattered irregularly over the 

 elytra. The most conspicuous character is perhaps the wideness 

 of the strise on the elytra and the consequent narrowness of the 

 interstices, but this species is also readily distinguishable by its 

 wide rostrum, the upper surface of wlrich is concave in its whole 

 length, the floor of the concavity being almost perfectly parallel and 

 flat, and furnished in its front part with two conspicuous, short, 

 curved carinse, placed longitudinally side by side ; and by the 

 shape of its front tibise, of which the apex is not in the least 

 dilated externally. 



This species is allied to one occurring near Melbourne (Mr. 

 French tells me it is mischievous on strawberry plants) which T 

 take to be E. perdix, Pasc, but differs from it (apart from 

 markings) inter alia by the much more parallel sides of the 

 concave part of the rostrum, as well as by the 2ncl joint of the 

 antennal funiculus no'^t much shorter than the first. 



Victoria : Alpine district. 



(HYLOBIIN.^.1 

 Orthorhinus bicolor, sp.nov. 



Oblongus ; piceoferrugineoque-variegatus ; dense squamis nigris 

 et nonnuUis albis nonnuUis ferrugineis vestitus, squamis 

 in elytris fasciam latam nigram postmedianam antice postice- 

 que albo-mai'ginatam formantibus ; rostro sat valido pro- 

 thorace vix breviori punctulato et longitudinaliter plus 

 minusve strigato ; antennis (clava picea excepta) plus 

 minusve ferrugineis, funiculi articulo basali quam 2-5 con- 

 juncti vix breviori ; capite sat aequaliter convexo crebre nee 

 crasse vuguloso, oculis minus approximatis minus crasse 

 granulatis ; prothorace sat transverse, antice tubulato, a ■ 

 basi ultra medium leviter pariim arcuatiiu angustato, obscure 

 minus crebre granulato, in medio cariua longitudinali brevi 



