664 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, X., 



The type of this genus is a beautiful weevil, that occurs on 

 Mount Wellington, and other Tasmanian mountains, at con- 

 siderable elevations. It is variable in size, markings, and in the 

 colour of its tubercles. I doubtfully associate with it another 

 Tasmanian species, that d lifers in having the scrobes directed 

 towards the lower portion of the eyes, instead of distinctly below 

 them; this character is usualW regarded as of generic and some- 

 times of subfamily importance, but the two species are so obvi- 

 ously allied, that it appears undesirable to generically separate 

 them. The typical species has conspicuous tubercles on the pro- 

 thorax and elytra, and the second species is granulate only, but 

 in all essential generic features, except in the scrobes, they are 

 in complete accord. 



The mentum is feebly transverse, and the palpi are distinct as 

 in other genera of Hylohiides, but it is not closely allied to any 

 genus of the subfamily recorded from Australia, though, pro- 

 visionally, it may be placed near Alphitobiiis; in that genus, the 

 ocular lobes are also very feeble, but the eyes are much less pro- 

 minent, the rostrum is shorter and straighter, with the scrobes 

 narrow and terminating at the lower edge of the eyes. The Aus- 

 tralian genera of the Hylohiides are not very numerous, but they 

 are certainly very discordant in appearance. 



Chrysophoracis pulcher, n.sp. 



$. Black, parts of legs obscurely reddish. Moderately and 

 irregularly clothed with depressed scales, varying from white to 

 ochreous or ochreous-brown, and usually with a golden lustre. 

 AVith thin setae scattered about, sparser and shorter on elytra, 

 and longer and denser on legs than elsewhere. 



Head with dense punctures of irregular size; with a deep inter- 

 ocular fovea. Rostrum with a longitudinal impression filled 

 with scales on each side of base, between same a rather narrow 

 ridge, gradually increasing in width till it occupies the space 

 between antennae, where it is longitudinally impressed; with 

 small punctures in front, becoming larger to base. Prothorax 

 not much wider at base than at apex, strongly convex, with 

 numerous shining irregularly distributed granules, with four 

 granulated tubercles across middle, and with an abbreviated 



