BY THE REV. T, BLACKBURN. 151 



APIONIN^E. 



ApION TERRiE-REGIN^, Sp.nOV. 



Oblongo-ovatutn ; nitidum ; nigrum ; setis bievibus albidis 



vestitum ; capite inter oculos concavo ; rostro sat valido, sat 



fortiter arcuato, sat cylindrico, quam caput prothoraxque 



conjuncta longiori, minus subtiliter punctulato ; antennanim 



articulo 2° quam 3*^® sat crassiori ; prothorace subcylindrico 



antrorsum pauUo angustato, sat crasse sat crebre punctulato ; 



elytris compressis sat fortiter sat sequaliter striatis, striis 



obscure punctulatis, interstitiis planis sat distincte minus 



crebre punctulatis. [Long. 2|, lat. 5 line. 



A large shining black species lesembling the European A. 



scutdlare, Kirby, but with compressed elytra, stouter and more 



strongly punctured (though otherwise similar) rostrum, head 



hollowed out between the eyes, prothorax less rounded on the 



sides, elytral interstices perfectly flat, &c., &c. 



The only previously described Australian Apion coming near it 

 in size is -4. albertisi, Pasc, which, however, is described as haviug 

 its prothorax impunctulate and only one distinct stria on each 

 elytron. 



N. Queensland ; Palmer R. district ; given me by C. French, 

 Esq. 



