BY A. M. LEA, 681 



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

 and with smaller punctures; prothorax with the sides less acutely 

 ridged, and the ridges not dentate in front; abdomen evenly 

 convex, and legs somewhat thinner. 



//a6.— Queensland: Cairns (E Allen and H. Hacker), Warrior 

 Island (Macleay Museum). 



This species differs from the specimens sent to me as E. rufes- 

 cens, in the carina on each side of the prothorax being abruptly 

 terminated in a tooth in the male; the tooth, however, varies in 

 size, on some specimens being little more than a slight swelling, 

 whilst on others it is acute. The female has the lateral ridge 

 less acute, and not terminated in a tooth. The legs are some- 

 times almost fiavous. 



EUDELA ATRA, n.Sp. 



Black, antennae and tarsi reddish, tibiae, tips of femora and of 

 rostrum oi)Scurely diluted with red. Moderately densely clothed 

 with short pubescence, mostly white or whitish, but on the elytra 

 darker. 



Rostrum and antennae somewhat thinner than in preceding 

 species. Prothorax with sides somewhat compressed on basal 

 half, but not acutely ridged; otherwise, and the elytra as in pre- 

 ceding species. Undersurface and legs much the same. Length, 

 3J mm. 



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



The type is evidently a female of a species closely allied to the 

 preceding one, from which it differs in its black prothorax, 

 rostrum, and partly black legs. The prothorax has the sides 

 near the base moderately sharp, but elsewhere rounded. On 

 both species, the elytral pubescence from some directions appears 

 to be ashen, and from other directions brownish. 



EUDELA CASTANEA, n.sp. 



Pale reddish-castaneous, legs still paler. Rather densely 

 clothed with short, stramineous pubescence, becoming paler and 

 tiner on undersurface. 



Head rather small, punctures almost concealed. Eyes large 

 and latero-frontal. Rostrum not very thin, parallel-sided, moder- 



