86 Mr. Arthur M. Lea's Revision of the 



obtuse, the hind almost acute ; 7-areolate ; the frontal half strongly- 

 punctate. Elytra long, thin and parallel-sided ; with double rows 

 of small round punctures, regular except towards apex ; the iouv 

 strong costae on each very well defined, though not very stout. 

 Penultimate segment of abdomen sub triangularly excised. 

 Length 7J mm. 



Hah. N.S. Wales : Mount Wilson {A. S. Olliff, January, 

 1889). 



The reddish markings of the elytra are very narrow and 

 in the suture are terminated before the base. On one 

 specimen the front margin of the prothorax is thickened 

 and with a regular row of punctures on its upturned edge. 

 In appearance it is close to cancellatus and some of the 

 varieties of rujipcnnis but has the' side of the prothorax 

 pale. Of the other species having these sides pale and 

 the disc 7-areolate it differs from cacnosus by the elytral 

 punctures being in double series ; from lateralis, ordinarius 

 arid fuscolincatibs by its very short rostrum ; from eremita 

 by the shape of its antennal joints ; but it differs from 

 eremita and the four previously named species by its very 

 narrow form, long and almost parallel-sided prothorax 

 with large punctures in front. In general appearance it 

 is fairly close to nargini/£ic7inisy but its elytral punctures 

 are (except near apex) quite regular and the rostrum 

 pallid ; monticola has the prothorax transverse and the 

 dark portion of elytra " of a width to include two costae." 



Metrioerhynchus variipennis, n. sp. (Fiff. 87.) 



(^ . Black, sides of prothorax, sides and suture of elytra reddish. 



Rostrum long (almost twice the length of basal joint of antennae. 

 Antennae long, strongly serrate, none of the joints transverse. 

 Prothorax transverse, apex slightly produced, basal half much wider 

 than apical half — being rather suddenly dilated at the middle ; 

 7-areolate, costae distinct ; sides and apex with distinct punctures. 

 Elytra long, moderately thin, with double rows of more or less 

 angular punctures ; the four strong costae on each well defined 

 throughout and all equal at base, but not posteriorly. Penultimate 

 segment of abdomen deeply and narrowly excised, the incision 

 rounded towards its end and wider there than at its entrance. 



Length 11-14 mm. 



Hah. N.S. Wales: Bulli (H. J. Carter and A. M. 

 Lea), Belmore {Messrs. Taylor). 



