loo NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



CURCULIONID.E. 



Pelororhinus crassus, Blackb. 



In describing this species (P.L.S.N.S.W. 1892, p. 135) I acci- 

 dentally omitted to state that it is found in Western Australia. 



AoPLOCNEMis LowERi, sp.nov. 



Rufo-piceus, rostro obscuriori ; squamis fuscis et nonnuliis 



albis vestitus, his in prothoracis lateribus vittatim et in 



elytrorum lateribus maculatim condensatis; rostro sat crebre 



subrugulose nee crasse pnnctulato ; antennarum funiculi 



articulis basal ibus 2 elongatis ; prothorace granulato, vix 



transverso ; elytris puncturis sat crassis subquadratis seriatim 



impressis, interstitiis vix convexis, interstitio 3^ ad partis 



declivis basin tuberculo magno conico armato; corpore subtus 



albo-squamoso. [Long, (rostr. incl.) 5, (vix) lat. IJ lines. 



Readily distinguishable from its congeners by the tubercles 



placed one on each side of the suture at the summit of the posterior 



declivity. In the typical example (which seems a little abraded) 



the white scales form three vittse on the prothorax of which the 



middle one is very obscure and some ill-defined spots on the sides 



of the elytra. 



Victoria ; presented to me by Mr. Lower. 



CYDM.EA. 



Mr. Pascoe's Erirhinid genera present extreme ditiiculty owing 

 to his not having followed a uniform system in characterising 

 them ; for example, he generally treats (I think quite rightly) the 

 granulation of the eyes as an important character, but in some 

 few of his descriptions he does not mention the granulation of 

 the eyes at all, and so on with almost every other character. The 

 genus Cydmcea I feel confident that I have correctly identified, as 

 several of the species {e.g., C. luctuosa, Pasc.) have a strongly 

 marked pattern on the elytra which renders them unmistakable 

 by their specific characters. The following seem to be the 



