676 XEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLKOPTERA, X., 



and rather large punctures, usually distinct through clothing. 

 Elytra slightly wider than prothorax, parallel-sided to beyond 

 tlie middle; with rows of fairly large punctures. Length, 1mm. 



//ab.—^ew South Wales : Glenfield (A. M. Lea). 



With the exception of M. 7ni7iima, the smallest known species 

 of the genus, but much like M. vicina in miniature. The differ- 

 ence between 1 and 1^ mm. does not seem much on paper, but 

 when specimens of this species and of M. vicina are placed side 

 by side, the latter appear to be very considerably the larger. 

 The subapical spot on each elytron is on the fifth interstice, and 

 is fairly distinct on one specimen, but just traceable on the other. 

 On neither is the clothing anywhere metallic. The two typical 

 specimens, whose sex is doubtful, were beaten from Casuarinas 

 growing on the banks of George's River. 



MiSOPHUICE MINIMA, n.sp. 



Black, abdomen and parts of antennae and of legs obscurely 

 reddish. i\Ioderately clothed with bluish-green scales; abdomen 

 almost entirely glabrous. 



Rostrum almost the length of prothorax, moderately thin and 

 lightlv curved, punctures and ridges somewhat as in preceding 

 species. Prothorax feebly transverse, base slightly wider than 

 apex, punctures partially concealed. Elytra very little wider 

 than prothorax, parallel-sided to near apex; with rows of rather 

 large, partially concealed punctures. Length, | mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns (E. Allen). 



Somewhat like M. parallela, but not half the size of that species, 

 and with legs not entirely dark. It is the smallest known species 

 of the genus, and perhaps the smallest weevil in Australia. The 

 derm of the elytra, at a glance, appears to be black, but, on 

 examination, it is seen to be obscurely diluted with red, some- 

 what as on the darker specimens of J/, inconstans. It is, how- 

 ever, very much smaller than any specimen of that species before 

 me, and diiTers in other respects. The scales on the elytra appear 

 to form quite regular lines on the interstices. The sex of the 

 type is doubtful. 



