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middle. Densely clothed with white scales, more or less tinged in 

 places with ochreous or brown or blue; upper surface distinctly 

 mottled with brown. 



Rostrum slightly longer than prothorax, moderately curved; 

 with dense punctures, but partially concealed except on apical third. 

 Prothorax feebly transverse, sides moderately rounded, base not 

 much wider than apex; with dense and round, but normally con- 

 cealed punctures; with a feeble and concealed median carina or 

 impunctate line. Elytra elongate cordate, distinctly, but not much, 

 wider than prothorax, almost parallel-sided to beyond the middle; 

 striate-punctate, stria3 feeble, punctures rather small and appearing 

 very small throngh clothing; third interstice with a feeble elongated 

 node beyond the middle, preapical callosities rather distinct. Length 

 3 1/4-3 3/4 mill. 



9. Differs from the male in having the rostrum thinner, and 

 with smaller but more noticeable punctures; the two basal segments 

 of abdomen regularly convex and with uniform clothing; in the 

 male they are depressed in the middle, with the clothing on the 

 depressed portion more setose than elsewhere. 



Hab. : W. Australia : Swan River (A. M. Lea). 



Its comparatively large size will readily distinguish this from ^ny 

 previously described species. On the prothorax the brown scales 

 usually form an irregular stripe on each side of the middle, and a 

 spot on each side; but sometimes each stripe is broken up into two 

 (or three) irregular spots. On the elytra the postmedian nodes 

 appear to be always clothed with darker scales than their surroun- 

 dings and there are usually distinct spots elsewhere, but sometimes 

 the mottling is very feeble. The scales on the under surface are 

 sometimes entirely white with a bluish tinge; but sometimes the 

 brown encroaches upon the tlanks of the meso- and metasternum. 



623. E. amoena Pasc. — Hab. : Swan River. 



624. Rhaciodes simplex Blackb. — Hab. : Adelaide. 



625. Gerynassa nodulosa Pasc. — Hab. : Tasmania. 



626. Glaucopela instabilis Lea. 



6-27. ERISTUS INGONSTANS n. sp. 



lUack, parts of appendages, and sometimes of rostrum and of 

 elytra reddish. Sparsely clothed with fine whitish setse, becoming 

 denser on side pieces of meso- and metasternum. 



Head with fairly dense and clearly defined, but not large 

 punctures. Rostrum llat, almost straight; usually with a narrow 

 impression on basal half, this half with punctures as on head, 



