202 A. M. Lea. 



Eücithius shnulatot'f n. sp. 



Densely clothed witli soft sooty scales, intermingled (especially on 

 linder surface and base of femora) with ochreous ones; a median stripe 

 (dilated in tlie middle), and tlie sides of protliorax witli ochreous scales. 

 Prothorax with six feeble fascicles and numerous small ones on elytra. 



Head with dense concealed punctures; forehead not trisinuate. 

 Kostrnm with coarse concealed punctures at base, and rather coarse at 

 sides, but liner along middle. Antenna? inserted distinctly nearer base 

 than apex of rostrum. Protliorax moderately transverse, sides roimded 

 and strongly diminishing in width from middle to apex; with dense 

 concealed punctures. Elytra scarcely wider than prothorax, Shoulders 

 feebly advanced ; with numerous small granules or tubercles beneath fascicles, 

 of which there are three inore distinct ones towards the base on each; 

 punctures entirely concealed. Abdomen Avith dense, round, concealed 

 punctures. Femora feebly dentate. Length 5V2 — 6V2 mm. 



Hab.: Queensland, Rockhampton (HamburgMuseum); N.S.Wales, 

 Mudgee (MACLEAY Museum). 



Eeadily distinguished from E. capncinus by the shape of the prothorax 

 and from E. miismlus (referred by Pascoe to Foropterus) by the much 

 less strongly advanced Shoulders. An unpublished species from Tasmania 

 very strongly resembles it, but has the forehead trisinuate. 



JExitJiius funiafii.% n. sp. 



Densely clothed with soft sooty brown scales. Prothorax with six 

 feeble fascicles; elytra with a feeble fascicle on each tubercle, but a very 

 distinct one on each side of siiture near base. 



Head with dense punctures; forehead not trisinuate. Eostrum 

 considerably wider at base than at apex; base with coarse punctures, 

 elsewhere shining and with small and sparse punctures. Antenna? inserted 

 much closer to base than apex of rostrum. Prothorax moderately trans- 

 verse, sides roimded; with dense, round, rather large and only partially 

 concealed punctures. Elytra not much wider than prothorax, basal 

 two thirds siibcylindrical, thence obliquely decreasing to apex; with 

 numerous small tubercular elevations; base, and suture near base, with 

 small and polished granules; with regulär series of punctures just trace- 

 able through clothing. Length 7 mm. 



Hab.: Australia(Haraburg Museum); N.S.Wales, MountKosciusko 

 (W. E. Raymond), Rhine Falls (A. J. Coates). 



J^seudapries pedieulosiiSf n. sp. 



Rostrum precious, antennse and tarsi dull red. Densely clothed with 

 scales of an uniform and rather dark fawn, except on the elytra, which 

 are feebly transversely mottled with darker scales. In addition to the 

 ordinary scales with stout semi-erect ones: rather numerous on the 



