BY E. W. FERGUSON. 225 



tiiiuaiiti". Ag-aiu, Blackburn wi'ites: "Its xcry short rostrum llat- 

 tenod above (or rather having' its entire upper suilaee gently and 

 evenly concave), transversely (juadrate, and as wide as tiie head is 

 behind the eyes . . . with tlie crests appearing as prolongations of 

 the rostrum and directed ol)li(|uely hindward and outward, and 

 looking like set-back ears of some animal . . . furnishes very un- 

 nnstakable characters." As the elytra are described as "seriebus 

 alternis e tuberculis sat niagnis . . . alternis e tuberculis parvis 

 constantibus," 1 am conlident that L liave not seen the species. 



Uab. — Central Australia, Cliarlotte Waters (Horn Expedition). 



The above supposition has since received confirmation from Mr. 

 K. G. Blair, of the British Museum, who kindly examined Black- 

 burn's type, at my request. Mr. Blair writes — "Cub. dilataticeps 

 Blkb., agrees very well witli Cub. cichlodes Pasc., as regards forju 

 of head and rostrum, but is much more elongate and parallel, and 

 its sculpture has more the general appearance of Cubicorrhynchus ; 

 a comparison, with members of that genus, makes me think that 

 it is erroneously jolaced there, and that your supposition is pro- 

 bably correct." In another place in his letter, he states, C. dilaia- 

 l ice pi) Blkb., is a Xoio)iopJies. 



NOTONOPHKS HVSTKICOSUS Bolieui 



Amycterus hystricosus Bohem., Schonh., Gen. Cure. vii„ (1), p. 

 54; Talaurinus id., MacL, Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. Wales, i,, IHG.'). ]>. 

 242; T. spinosus Macl., loc. cif., p. 24;{ : 7'. leu ni pes Pasc, loe. eii., 

 p.l5, t.2, f.2. 



Size small; elongate-ovate. Black, clothing variegated, dark 

 portions varying from golden-brown to black, light portions whit- 

 ish ; prothorax trivittate, elytra with a short vitta at each shoulder, 

 and a transverse bar at each side at commencement of declivity, 

 these sometimes continuous across elytra, sides maculate with 

 white: undersurfaee with light subsetose clothing, on ventral seg- 

 ments forming mesial and lateral macula'. 



Head flattened in front, extending on to i-osti'um in the same 

 j)lane, supraocular crests absent. Rostrum short, wide, not sei)a- 

 rated from head, witiiout excavation, the median area hardlv 



