198 Arthur M. Lea: 



222. Ampagia /e//iora/is, Er. 



Referred by Erichson to Cryptorhynchii.s, but belona"s to 

 Anipagia. It is a common species ncaa" the coast, V)Oth oii Kinjr 

 Island and Tasmania. 



Con Ionia, n. g. 



Head convex. Eyes small, distant, coarsely faceted. K^struui 

 about hiilf the width of apex of prothoraix and much shorter 

 than that segment, distinctly curved. Antennae inserted about 

 the middle of rostrum, rather thin ; scape passing eyes, rather 

 suddenly curved and thickened at apex ; funicle five j^'inted ; 

 club briefly ovaite. Prothorax convex, base distinctly wider 

 than apex, with very feeble ocular lobes. Scutellum absent. 

 Elytra elongate-elliptic, base truncate, apex widely rounded. 

 Metasternum elongate. Abdomen with twn basal segments elon- 

 gate ; suture between first and second indistinct at sides, in- 

 visible across middle; third and fourth short, with deep aaid 

 wide sutures. Femora moderately stout, edentate; tibiae rather 

 thin, almost straight, terminated by a strong curved hook; 

 tarsi not very wide, third joint rather feebly Ijilobed. fourth 

 somewhat shorter than three preceding combined. Apt circus. 



Belongs to the sub-family Cossonides, and in Wollaisttm's 

 table of that sub-family would lie placed in III. bbb. Four 

 genera of that sub-family having the funicle tive-joint<it:i have 

 been recorded as Australian. Of these Halorhynchus is blind. 

 Pentarthrum and Cossonidcus have the scutellum conspicuous, 

 whilst Pentatmimus has the rostrum very much shorter and 

 wider. In Australian catalogues the genus should be placed 

 close to Pentarthrum. In the species described below each eye 

 is composed of about fifteen fivccts. 



223. Coiilo)iia litoralis, \\. sp. 



Black or dark brown, appendages reddish. (Uabrov!-. 



Head smooth and impunctate, ocular fovea minute. Ros- 

 trum parallel-sided, aliout two-thirds the length of prothorax, 

 with ftiiirly numerous and small l)ut distinct punctures. Vro- 

 thorax apparently longer than wide, sides increasing in width to 

 near base, and then stronuly lessened, with small and sparse 

 liut distinct punctures. Ehjfni not twice the length of, and 



