BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 661 



twice as long as the greatest width; with dense concealed punctures 

 throughout and with a feebly traceable median carina. Prothorax 

 transverse, subconical, base bisinuate; with dense minute punctures 

 and scattered larger ones, all of which are concealed. ScnteMum 

 subquadrate. Elytra not much wider than prothorax and scarcel}^ 

 twice and one-half as long, shoulders rounded, sides feebly 

 decreasing (with a rounded outline) to near apex; with series of 

 large, round, deep, more or less concealed punctures, becoming 

 smaller posteriorly; alternate interstices distinctly but rather 

 feebly raised. Under surface with dense, minute and concealed 

 punctures and with larger partially exposed ones. Suture between 

 1st and 2nd abdominal segments lightly curved in middle. 

 Femora stout, shallowly grooved and rather feebly dentate, 

 posterior scarcely extending to penultimate segments; all the 

 tibiae angular outwardly near base. Length 9, rostrum 2; width 

 5; variation in length 71-9 mm. 



Hah.—l^.^.W. : Yass (Mr. W. W. Froggatt), Clarence River 

 (Macleay Mus.), Tamworth (Lea; on the "Kurrajong" Sterculia 

 sp.). 



The elytral fascia is always distinct though much less so on 

 some specimens than on others. 



Tepperia major, n.sp. v. n.var. 



Dark reddish-brown. Very densely clothed with rusty-brown 

 scales (paler on under surface than elsewhere), amongst which 

 white scales are rather thinly scattered, prothorax with an obscure 

 darker patch at base; elytra at summit of posterior declivity with 

 a fasciate patch (wider along suture than at sides) of whitish 

 scales extending between the 5th interstices. Length 11^, rostrum 

 3; width 6|; variation in length 11-12 mm. 



Hah.—^.^.W. : Richmond River. 



In general appearance very close to the preceding species, but 

 the rostrum longer and more noticeably curved, the elytra pro- 

 portionately wider, the clothing less variegated and rustier, with 

 the individual scales longer; the scales have also a decided Jj 

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