BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 147 



species differs from M. umbrinus, Pasc, inter alia, by the black 

 funicle and club of its antennae, and from M. lineatus, Blackb., 

 by its smaller size, the interruptions in the vestiture of the elytral 

 interstices, the much smaller size of the teeth on its femora, the 

 conspicuous white patch on the shoulders, (kc. The other 

 described species are all very different. 



N. S. Wales ; near Sydney ; also in the Blue Mountains. 



Myossita munda, sp.nov. 



OI)longo-ovata ; sat convexa ; ferruginea, pilis albido-fulvis sat 



sparsim vestita, capite rostio antennisque (articulis basalibus 



2 exceptis) nigris, tarsis obscuris ; rostro quam prothorax 



longiori, apicem versus leviter dilatato ; antennarum funiculi 



articulo basali quam 2"® duplo longiori ; prothorace sat 



fortiter transverse, antice angustato, lateribus modice rotun- 



datis, elytris punctulato-striatis, puncturis in striis sat magnis 



rotuiidatis vel subquadratis. [Long. 1|, lat. ^ line. 



This species does not seem to have anything like the quasi- 



pattern that some of its congeners show on their elytra through the 



uneven density of their pubescence, nor can I find any trace of 



the quasi-marking that Mr. Pascoe attributes to M. tabida, when 



he says that in certain lights the punctures on the elytra seem to 



be surrounded by pale rings. It may be distinguished from all 



previously described by its small size and the blackish colour (in 



contrast with its general ferruginous red) of the head, rostrum 



and antennae (the scape and the base of the funiculus of the latter 



being, however, more or less reddish). 



Victoria ; Alpine district. 



Myossita crucigera, sp.nov. 



Oblongo-ovata ; sat convexa; squamis crassis piliformibus 

 albidis irregulariter vestita ; rufa ; capite, scutello, spatio 

 circa scutellum, corporeque subtus (hujus apice excepto) 

 nigricantibus ; rostro sat robusto quam prothorax vix 

 longiori apicem versus leviter dilatato ; funiculi articulo 



