256 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLKOPTERA, 



ACALONOMA PUSILLA, sp.llOV. 



Pusco-ferruginea, corpore siibtus lostroque obscuris, squamis 



cinereis obsolete viridesceutibus sat dense vestita ; rostro 



quam latiori duplo longiori ; capite i)rothoraceque sat crebre 



nee grosse ruguloso ; hoc quam latiori paullo longiori ; elytris 



punctulato-striatis, ad apicem bieviter spiniformibus, inter- 



stitiis planis. [Long. \^, lat. -~q line. 



Very near A. reducta, Pasc., but inter alia much smaller, and 



with the elytral interstices not convex ; A. reducia also has 



variable black colouring (on the prothorax, suture, ifec.) which J 



do not find in any of the examples of this species before me. 



Victoria ; sent by Mr. French. 



Ophthalmorychus (gen.nov. Rhadinosomo affine). 



Elongatum ; subcylindricum ; caput subcylindricura, quam 

 latius sesquilongius ; rostrum capiti longitudine tequale, cum 

 capite sequaliter continuum, a basi usque ad apicem dilatatum, 

 scrobes rectae valde profundae oblique deorsum directte subtus 

 conniventes ; antennae quam caput (rostro incluso) vix 

 longiores, scapo oculum haud attingenti funiculo 7-articulato, 

 articulis omnibus sat brevibus, clava distincta oblonga 

 acuminata; oculi rotundati parvi laterales fortiter granulati 

 longe a prothorace remoti, lamina (ex capite exserta) 

 nonnulla ex parte operti ; prothorax minus elongatus (specei 

 typicae leviter transversus), lobis ocularibus null is ; elytra 

 valde elongata (sj/ecei typicae rostro capite prothoraceque 

 conjunctis longiora) mox ante apicem subito angustata et 

 conjunctim anguste rotundata ; coxae anticae contiguae ; pro- 

 sternum ante coxas leviter concavum ; metasternum valde 

 elongatum; segmenta ventralia basalia 2 conjuncta quam 

 apicalia 3 subbreviora ; femora vix pedunculata ; tarsi sat 

 breves sat paralleli, articnlo 3" sat fortiter bilobo, unguiculis 

 liberis divergentibus. 



The very small insect for which I propose this new name is 

 among the most remarkable Curculionides that I have seen. It is 



