416 REVISION OF THE AUSTRi^LIAN CUKCULIONIDA:, 



ing in size to apex. Scape inserted slightly nearer apex than 

 base of rostrum; funicle rather thick, joints lst-2nd briefly obtri- 

 -angular, 3rd-7th transverse, their sutures indistinct. Prothorax 

 transverse; with dense round punctures; a shining, slightly inter- 

 rupted median carina continued from base to apex. Elytra 

 oblong-cordate, wider than prothorax and about thrice its length; 

 punctate-striate, punctures subquadrate and rather shallow: inter- 

 stices narrow, raised, and appearing as rows of oblong granules, 

 terminating at apex in bead-like granules. Metasternwrn as in 

 preceding. Abdomen with 1st, 2nd, and 5th segments rather 

 densely punctate; the 3rd and 4th with regular punctures, their 

 sutures wide. Femora more slender than in preceding, the teeth 

 (except posterior) smaller but sufficient!}' distinct ; posterior 

 reaching middle of apical segment; tibiae short, strongly curved 

 at base, the posterior slightly wider at their apices than the 

 anterior. Length 7, rostrum 1|; width 3| (vix) mm. 



Hah. — Queensland, Victoria, S. Australia. 



In this species the eyes are perhaps closer together, larger and 

 more coarsely faceted than in any other of the genus. One of 

 my specimens was received from Herr J. Faust and marked as 

 having been so named by Mr. Pascoe. 



TYRTiEOSUS RELIGIOSUS, n.sp. 



Black; antennae dull reddish-piceous, claws dull red. Head 

 and rostrum with pale scales, more distinct about eyes than else- 

 w^here; prothorax with pale ochreous setose scales rising above 

 punctures, more regular, shorter and slightly paler on sides than 

 on disc; scutellum v/ith very small pale scales; elytra with short 

 ochreous scales, unevenly distributed and denser towards apex 

 and base than elsewhere, seen from above with semi-nude spaces 

 forming an irregular Maltese cross; metasternal episterna with 

 embedded scales at each end; sterna and two basal segments of 

 abdomen with moderately elongate pale scales, 3rd and 4tli each 

 with two or more irregular rows of sooty and pale scales inter- 

 mingled together. 



