678 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, X., 



cealed. Elytra slightly wider than prothorax, parallel-sided to 

 near apex; with rows of rather large, partially concealed punc- 

 tures. Legs rather short and stout. Length, 2-2 J mm. 



Hab — West Australia : Swan and Vasse Rivers (A.M. Lea). 



Allied to T. pygmcea, but somew^hat larger, clothing of under- 

 surface and of legs even denser, and elytra with two conspicuous 

 black spots. 



Subfamily A p i o nm d e s . 



ApION HOBLERiE, n.Sp. 



(J. Black; apical half of rostrum (but not the tip), femora and 

 tibiae flavous, antennae somewhat darker. Moderately densely 

 clothed with short greyish-white pubescence, with a large sub- 

 quadrate patch of darker pubescence on elytra. 



Head with partially concealed sculpture. Rostrum about the 

 length of prothorax, moderately stout, lightly curved; apical 

 half narrower than basal half, and with smaller but not concealed 

 punctures. Antennae inserted about one-third from base of 

 rostrum. Prothorax lightly transverse, sides moderately rounded; 

 punctures almost entirely concealed. Elytra rather strongly 

 striate-punctate, punctures suboblong but partially concealed; 

 interstices with numerous concealed punctures. Length (ex- 

 cluding rostrum), IJ-lJmm. 



9. Differs in having the rostrum somewhat longer, thinner, 

 and less dilated to base, with the apical half more reddish than 

 flavous. 



/^a6. — Queensland : Dalby (Mrs. F. H. Hobler). 



In general appearance, very close to A, condensatum, but 

 slightly smaller, and with the elytral clothing somewhat different; 

 in the present species, the darker markings are sharply defined, 

 both laterally and posteriorly, and form an irregular square on 

 the basal half, the pale scales at the base and towards apex 

 nowhere being interrupted beyond the dark marking, so that the 

 apical two-fifths are uniformly clothed with pale scales. On A. 

 condensatum, the summit of the posterior declivity has con- 

 spicuous white clothing, but, immediately to the rear of this, it 



