574 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, xiii., 



Head rather convex between eyes, vaguely depressed in front; 

 witli dense and sharply defined, but rather small punctures ; 

 mandibles bifid. Eyes large, conspicuously (but not deeply) 

 notched in front. Antennfe long and thin, eleventh joint dis- 

 tinctly shorter than tenth, and with scarcely a trace of doubhng. 

 Pntthorax distinctly longer than wide, sides moderately inflated 

 near apex, base narrowly upturned, with three, vague, discal im- 

 pressions: punctures much as on head. Elytra much wider than 

 prothorax; each with four, discal cost*, of which the third is 

 scarcely traceable. Length ((J 9)' '"^i-lOJmm. 



9. Differs in being more robust, with somewhat shorter pi'o- 

 thorax, anteiuiie, and legs. 



Hah. — Queensland (E. Allen). 



In general sculpture fairU' close to C. apicifusra, but entirely 

 pale (except for the eyes and tips of mandibles), with somewhat 

 different clothing and punctures, and slightly stouter antenna^: 

 from the preceding species, it differs in being opaque, the punc- 

 tures less conspicuous, prothorax more dilated to near apex, ike. 

 The surface of the elytra could fairly be regarded as shagreened, 

 as the punctures are much smaller, denser, and more asperate 

 than on the prothorax. The apical segment of the abdomen is 

 similar sexually, but from it, on the type-male, the tip of an 

 cedeagus is protruding; and, from the type-female, an ovipositor; 

 the palpi have the apical joint rather longer on the male than 

 on the female. 



CURCULIONID^. 

 Epacticus suturalis, n.sp. 



Castaneous; head and rostrum black, funicle, club, tarsi, and 

 undersurface almost black. Densely clothed with white, de- 

 pressed, stout seta? or scales, conspicuously denser on scutellum, 

 suture, sides of mesosternum and of metasternum than elsewhere; 

 elytra, in addition, with some conspicuous seta^. 



Bostnwt slightly longer than prothorax, moderately curved; 

 apical two-thirds shining and with minute punctures, basal third 

 with rows of large, partially concealed punctures. Anteinia? thin, 

 inserted slightly nearer base than apex of rostrum; club rather 



