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therefore retraced them, and in place of the notes on the drawings 

 I have affixed letters. Owing to lack of space on the plate, 

 sketches of a portion of Gonipterus notographns, of Oryptorhynchus 

 fuliginosus and of C. ephippiger could not be given. The notes 

 written on the original sketches will be found in the explanation 

 of the plate; those contained in Monsieur Leslie's letter are given 

 under my own notes. 



Oryptorhynchus drombdarius, Boisd. (PL xxx. figs. 1-2). 



This is (as already noted in Masters' Catalogue) Prolopalus 

 Stephensi, Boheman. The synonymy of several species of Prolo- 

 palus is somewhat complicated, and will be dealt with by me 

 later on.* The length of the type is 22 mm. The original 

 description is — "Major, niger; thorace granulifero in medio 

 cristato; elytris striato-punctatis basi tuberculo prominulo, sutura 

 elevata, gibbosa, humerisque acutis." 



Oryptorhynchus lithodermus, Boisd. (PI. xxx. figs. 3-4). 



The sketches and notes of this insect leave no doubt whatever 

 in my mind that it is Poropterus varicosus, Pascoe. The length 

 is given as 1U mm, The original description is — " Griseus, 

 tomentosus; thorace antice prominulo, subbituberculato; elytris 

 punctis impressis, cristulis sparsis, seriatis." 



Oryptorhynchus fuliginosus, Boisd. (PI. xxx. figs. 5-7). 



This species is certainly the Acalles immansuetus, Boheman, 

 and Omydaus plinthoides, Pasc. The length is given as 9A mm. 



Oryptorhynchus ephippiger, Boisd. (PL xxx. figs. 9-10). f 



Monsieur Lesne gives the length of the type as 6 mm., and he 

 remarks of it — ■" It is a Camptorrhinus closely resembling 



* In my " Revision of the Australian Gurculionida belonging to the Sub- 

 family Crypt&rhynehides," the MS. of which is now complete, 

 t Fig. 8 is wanting. 



