BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 273 



This species is a near ally of P. longipennis, Pasc, and satelles, 

 Blackb. It differs, inter cdia, from P. loizgipennis by the con- 

 siderably shorter scape of its antennse, which is prolonged at the 

 apex (in both sexes) in a kind of lamiua, as though it were con- 

 tinued on the inner side beyond the insertion of the base of the 

 2nd joint (this character is scarcely indicated in the male — not at 

 all in the female— of /'. longipermis), its rostrum narrower between 

 the antenna© (they being inserted more on the upper surface), 

 the sculpture of the rostrum so fine as to be quite hidden by the 

 scales in a fresh specimen, the finer and closer rugulosity of the 

 prothoraK, the absence of a distinct reflexed basal margin of the 

 elytra, &c. From satelles also it differs by some of the above 

 characters, and also especially by the basal two joints of its 

 antennae being of equal length. The suture of its elytra is not 

 cariuate behind. The ash-coloured scales of the surface have in 

 some lights a coppery tone, and some of those on the legs and 

 underside are slightly greenish. 



It appears to me almost certain that Oops p)istor, Germ., is a 

 species allied to the present insect, and I incline to think that the 

 description was founded on a small example of Polyplirades 

 longipennis, Pasc. In colouring it agrees very well with P. rostralis, 

 but is said to have its elytra ''margined with a carina at the 

 apex," of which I find no trace in rostralis. The apex of the 

 elytra in longipennis agrees fairly with Germar's description, and 

 I have seen small brightly coloured examples which do not differ 

 much from the description in other respects. 



S. Australia. 



POLYPHRADES FULVUS, sp.nov. 



$. Ovalis, sat elongatus ; piceus vel niger, squamis obscure 

 fulvis et setis brevihus subclavatis suberectis sat dense vesti- 

 tus ; rostro quam caput paullo longiori, supra 3-carinato ; 

 oculis elongato-ovalibus minus subtiliter (quam P. nitidilabris, 

 Germ, vix minus fortiter) granulatis ; antennis modicis, 

 scapo ocalum fere superanti, funiculi articulo basali quam 2"*^ 

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