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and with a small and irregular carina; pectoral armature strong 

 and acutely conical. Scutellum distinctiy elevated. Elytra elongate- 

 ovate, at base not much wider than base of prothorax; with double 

 séries of irregular punctures; third, fifth and seventh interstices 

 with more or less conical tubercles. Each segment of abdomen 

 with a setose impression on each side. Front libiie feebly curved, 

 edentate. — Length 34-38 mill. 

 Hah. : W. Australia (C. French). 



The elytral scales are usually somewhat elongated. On the sides, 

 especially of the lower surface, they frequently hâve a rosy or 

 greenish gloss, with occasional opalescent gleams. The interme- 

 diate carinro are not so abruptly terminated as in the preceding 

 species, but they do not gradually merge into the head as in most 

 species. The ridges closing the sublateral sulci might be regarded 

 as partially open. To tjie naked eye the prothorax appears to be 

 slightly longer than wide. The elytral punctures must be considered 

 small when the size of the insect itself is considered, they are 

 also rather shallow and more or less concealed by the clothing; 

 the third interstice is rather acutely carinated from the base to 

 begond the middle, then there are four or five tubercles of which 

 the largest is the second last, the last is fairly close to but distinctiy 

 not on the suture; the fifth interstice is carinated on its basai 

 third, with three or four obtuse tubercles beyond; the seventh 

 interstice bas frora eight to eleven tubercles, of which, however, 

 the basai ones are rather small. On one spécimen the second 

 interstice has a few feeble tubercles, on the other thèse are feeble 

 tubercles on the ninth and eleventh. 



The large r of the two spécimens before me is the largest 

 Australian weevil I hâve seen; although in actual length it is 

 slightly exceeded by exceptionally large spécimens of Trigonotarsus 

 rugosus, Iphtionwrhinus Australasiœ, and Eurhamphus fascicularis ; 

 but if the rostrum be excluded it is longer than even thèse. 



Leptops elongatus n. sp. 



Black. Moderately densely clolhed (especially in the depressed 

 parts) with greyish scales of two sorts, small and subelongate ones 

 and larger rounded ones, but thèse in places becoming longer and 

 thinnei". 



llead with rallier strong longitudinal impression between eyes, 

 the impression with a small central pit. Rostrum rather thin, 

 strongly carinalotl along niiddlf^, inlf^rmodiab' carin.i' at base 

 regularly mergiug into head. Sublateral sulci long narrow and open 



