300 NEW SPECIES OP AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



and sparse at sides and apex. Pygidium with sparse greyish 

 scales. Beneath with yellowish moderately elongate scales, 

 sparsest down the middle. Legs somewhat densely pubescent. 



Eyes very large, depressed; rostrum long, shining, distinctly 

 curved, widening to apex, in ^ densely punctate at base and apex, 

 sparsely punctate in the middle and with oblong punctures at 

 sides, in <^ more regularly and sparsely punctate; 1st joint of 

 funicle once and one-half as long as 2nd. Prothorax with a shallow 

 longitudinal impression at apex, and a circular one on each side of 

 middle; carina raised, shining, distinct, continuous from before the 

 middle almost to base. Scutellum triangular, subcordate. Elytra 

 moderately long (3^ x 2^ mm.), parallel-sided, interstices flat, 

 granulate. Pygidium obsoletely carinate. Anterior femora with 

 a small tooth moderately distinct in ^, smaller in ^j 3rd tarsal 

 joint large, padded beneath with silvery hair, punctate above. 

 Length 6, rostrum 1^; width 2|; range of variation 4-6^ mm. 



Hab. — Mt. Kosciusko (Raymond); Queanbeyan, Tamworth, 

 Forest Reefs, Cootamundra, N.S.W. (Lea): Benalla, Vic. (Helms). 

 Coaimon on freshly felled Eucalypts. 



The shining prothoracic carina and long curved rostrum should 

 render this species easy of identification. The pubescence on the 

 upper surface varies from a pale to a dark orange colour, the 

 scutellum is always bare, the pattern on the prothorax, though 

 always constant, varies in dimensions; on the elytra the pubescence 

 occasionally almost covers the entire surface, a small transverse 

 space close to the apex and several very small spots being left. 



var. OCCIDENTALIS. 



Differs only from the above b}"^ its much smaller size; by the 

 pubescence of prothorax continuous across apex, that on the elytra 

 forming a transverse H, and continuous across apex, and with the 

 interstices somewhat smooth. Length 3, rostrum ^; width 14 mm. 



finli. — Champion Bay, W.A. 



L.EMOSACCUS CRUCICOLLIS, n.sp. 



Black, funicle piceous-black. Pale yellow or whitish pubescence 

 at angles of prothorax, four elongate spots at base, apex and 



