226 F. p. PASCOE 



primo tribus sequentibus longitudine «quali; prothorax suboblongus gra- 

 uulatus, apice bicallosus; scutellum parvum silaceo-squamosum ; elytra pa- 

 rallela, postice declivia, seriatim irregulariter punctata, interstitiis alternis 

 elevatis, inajqualiter granulatis, tuberculis sex instructa, 2 basalibus, 2 

 mediis, 2 versus apicem; pone medium fascia infuscata obscure signata: 

 pedes antici elongati; tarsi (antici) latissimi, articulo primo late triangu- 

 lar!; corpus infra dense silaceo-squamosum. Long. 15 mm. 



Hab. Somerset, Yule Island, Fly River, L. M. D'Albert is 

 (Waigiou, Aru, Wallace). 



Tliis species differs from the Australian 0. cijlindriroslris in 

 its more cylindrical body, shorter fore legs with the basal joint 

 of their tarsi broaiUy triangular. All the specimens before me 

 appear to be males. The above description is from a Waigiou 

 example. 



105. O. cylindrirostris , Fabricius (Ciircalio), Syst. Ent. p. 137. 



Ilab. Yule Is., L. M. D'Albertis. 



lUG. O. perversus, n. sp. Subcylindricus , squamis fulvis griseo-varius ; 

 caput antice convexum ; rostrum bi'eviusculum, squamosum, apice excepto; 

 antenntE ferrugine»; protliorax apicem versus constrictus, fulvo squamosus, 

 granulis minutis vage adspersus; scutellum album; elytra prothorace vix 

 latiora, striato-punctata, punctis a squamis fere obtectis, interstitiis modice 

 elevatis , seriatim granulatis , basi fulvo- vel brunneosquamosa , tunc fascia 

 pallide grisea, pone medium fulva, sed antice fascia obliqua et altera 

 versus apicem, minus distincta, fusc;v, notata; pedes mediocres. fulvo-squa 

 mosi. Long. (j-'J mm. 



Hab. Fly River, L. M. D'Albertis; Ansus (N. (luinea), Bec- 

 cavi (Batchian , Waigiou, Aru, Tondano, Wallace). 



Narrower and more cylindrical than 0. spilotus, and diffe- 

 rently coloured. A specimen from Tondano is the only one 

 going beyond the length of six millemeti-es. 



107. O. brachypus, n. sp. (Tav. 1, fig. 5). Oblongus, squamis brunneis 

 variegatus; caput supra oculos fascia alba notatum; rostrum breviusculum, 

 basi parce squamosum , liaud carinatum ; antennie ferrugine;!? ; protliorax 

 apice constrictus, granulis nitidi.s adspersus; scutellum subtransversum ; 

 elytra cylindrica, prothorace panilo latiora, striato punctata, punctis baud 

 approximatis, interstitiis modice elevatis, seriatim granulatis, ante medium 

 fascia obliqua pallrtia et pone medium fasciis irregularibus, notata; pedes 

 breviusculi, anteriores quam posteriores paullo breviores; tibiae posticoe 

 valde arcuata^. Long. '.> mm. 



