Curculioiiidae fioiii variuiis paits of Australia. 1<)9 



wider tlian punctures, and api)areiitly with numerous small graniües or 

 punctiires. Femora strongly unidentate; front tibiae strongly bisinuate; 

 tarsi with claw Joint very indistinct. Leng-tli ;^— 3-Vi mm. 



Hab.: Australia (Hanibnrf^- Museum and Kntomolog-ical Society of 

 Berlin); S. Australia, Port Jancoln, Adelaide (Belgian Museum). 



Eeadily distin<>uislied from all otlier species of Aolles by the median 

 fascia of tlie elytra, of whicli traces usually remain even on greatly 

 abraded specimens. 



Haplon !fjc Spenceif Gyll. Hab.: Queensland, Kockhampton; 

 N. S. Wales, Sydney. 



Haplonyx vestigialLs, PASC. Hab.: N.S.Wales, Sydney. 



Haplony.ic Kirht/l, Fh>s. Hab.: N. S. Wales, Sydney. 



Hapfoiiy.ic nifp'U'ostrls, Chev. Hab.: Australia. 



Haplonyx Schonherrl, BOH. Hab.: Australia. 



Zeopus storeolfJes, PASC. Hab.: Australia. 



Siyasttis fasrictilaris, PASC. Hab.: Australia. 



Slynstns Casuarinae, n. sp. 



Eeddisli-brown, muzzle, club and tibial liooks darker. Densely 

 clothed with scales, varying- from white, through ochreous and golden 

 brown, to black ; and forming numerous fascicles. 



Rostrum slightly shorter than prothorax, feebly curved, ratlier 

 Wide; with dense punctures in irregulär series behind Insertion of antennae, 

 and causing an appearance as of numerous feeble costge, apical third 

 with smaller and not seriate punctures. Prothorax with dense and 

 rather small punctures, feebly tuberculate beneath fascicles. Elytra not 

 much longer than wide; striate-punctate, punctures in Striae apparently 

 rather feeble ; interstices densely punctate and feebly tuberculate beneath 

 fascicles. Femora strongly dentate; front tibiae of male more strongly 

 bisinuate than in female, basal sinus smaller than the other; claws cleft 

 at apex. Length 4V2 — 5 mm. 



Hab.: Queensland, Rockhampton (Hamburg Museum); N. S. 

 Wales, Sydney (Belgian Museum), National Park, Blue Mountains 

 (H. J. Carter) ; T a s m a n i a , N u b e e n a (A. M. Lea). 



The scales (apart from those forming the fascicles) are mostly 

 ochreous or golden brown. The white ones (these, however, appear to 

 be easily discoloured) are offen in the form of small spots; or, on the 

 prothorax, short oblique stripes. On an occasional specimen however, 

 most of the ordinary scales are white; whilst they may be almost absent. 

 The black scales are almost entirely confined to the fascicles. The 

 ■fascicles (both on the prothorax and elytra) are usually black or brown 

 in the middle, then" ochreous or golden brown, and sometimes bordered 

 with white, but occasionally they are entirely of a golden brown. On 



