ARTHUR M. LE A, CRYPTOPHAGIDAE, CUCUJIDAE ETC. 3 



Metriorrliyiichus angustus sp. nov. 



($ Sooty-black, prothorax and part of base of elytra 

 brick-red. 



Head with rostrum very short or absent. Antennae 

 moderately long and acutely serrated. Prothorax moderately 

 transverse, conspiciiously seven-areolate, apex gently rounded 

 in middle; and almost as wide as base, sides angularly nar- 

 rowed to middle, front angles rounded off, bind ones almost 

 reotangular; apical areoiets larger tban usual, the median 

 ones at apex slightly wider than tbe lateral ones. Elytra 

 thin and parallel-sided; with regular, double rows of punc- 

 tures, the alternate interstices moderately elevated. Length, 

 6 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Cedar Creek (Dr. E. Mjöberg). 

 Type (unique) in Stockholm Museum. 



A curious narrow species; in my table would be placed 

 with M. longicollis and M. costicoUis,' from the former it 

 differs in being much smaller and narrower, the påle parts 

 not flavous, and not abruptly and evenly terminated on 

 the elytra, prothorax somewhat longer, base and apex of 

 almost even width, and with different areoiets; in general 

 appearanee it is fairly close to costicoUis, and M. ruficollis, 

 but the antennae are strongly serrated instead of flabellated. 

 The påle portion of the elytra covers about the basal fourth 

 on the costae. and somewhat less on the punctures, but the 

 two rows on each side of the suture are dark throughout. 



Metriorrhynchiis lateralis Redt. — Two specimens (sexes) 

 from Mount Tambourine, appear to belong to this species, 

 but have the rostrum even longer than on the typical form, 

 and the tliird joint of antennae longer and more parallel- 

 sided; similar specimens are before me from Brisbane and 

 the Tweed River. 



Metriorrhynchiis irregularis Waterh. — In the original 

 description of M. irregularis the prothorax was described as 

 »rufo-flavo, medio nigro» and again »Thorax yellowish, black 

 in the middle». The specimens I have previously identified 

 as this species. have the black of the prothorax tnuching 

 both base and apex; but a specimen taken by Dr. Mjöberg 

 at Colosseum, and several from Howell (taken by Mr. J. F. 

 Stephen), have the black touching neither base nor apex; 



