BY A. M. LEA. 663 



rather elongate; with regular rows of large, partially concealed 

 punctures; interstices wide. Length, 8 mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales : Clarence River (H. J. Carter). 



Belongs to that section of the genus having the rostrum con- 

 cave along the middle, but readily distinguished from all the 

 previously described species by the curious, acutely elevated, 

 transverse ridge near the base. The clothing is probably vari- 

 able. On the type, it is mostly of a more or less pale fawn- 

 colour, becoming paler on parts of the under surface and of the 

 legs. On the prothorax, there is a pale median line. On the 

 elytra, remnants of a pale V may be traced, and there are 

 numerous small, sooty spots. On the prothorax, undersurface, 

 and legs, there are numerous stramineous setae scattered about, 

 but, on the elytra, they form an almost regular series on each 

 interstice. There is a conspicuous crest between the eyes and 

 partly on the base of rostrum, entire in front, curved on each 

 side, and impressed along the middle. On the elytra of the 

 type, the only granules visible are a few on the suture near 

 the base. 



Subfamily Hylobiides. 

 Chrysophoracis, n.g. 



Head not very large. Eyes of moderate size, ovate, finely 

 faceted, widely separated, very prominent. Rostrum rather wide, 

 shorter than prothorax, moderately curved. Scrobes deep, com- 

 mencing near apex, curved round and directed to a point below 

 the eyes, and rather abruptly terminated. Antennae rather thin: 

 none of the joints of funicle transverse; club elongate-elliptic- 

 ovate. Prothorax about as long as wide, sides rounded, ocular 

 lobes feeble. Scutellmrn distinct. Elytra much wider than base 

 of prothorax, sides parallel, or feebly dilated to beyond the 

 middle. Mesosternum with side-pieces of uneven width, the hind 

 one the narrower, but as long as the other. Metasternuni moder- 

 ately long, side-pieces distinct, triangularly produ(;ed inwardly in 

 front. Abdomen rather long, sutures distinct, that between first 

 and second segments incurved to middle. Legs long; femora 

 clavate; tibiae denticulate on lower surface, apex feebly mucronate; 

 tarsi elongate, third joint wide and deeply bilobed. 



