some Australian Curculionidas. 395 



"wliitish erect or suberect setae scattered about^ and forming 

 a regular row on each elytral interstice. 



Head with concealed punctures. Eyes small and coarsely 

 facetted. E-ostrum slightly longer than its greatest width, 

 subparallel-sided to near apex ; punctures concealed except 

 on tlie apical triangular plate. Antennae rather short and 

 stout; club briefly ovate. Prothorax decidedly transverse, 

 sides moderately rounded, punctures normally concealed. 

 Elytra ovate, tlirice the length of prothorax, with regular 

 rows of large partially concealed punctures, becoming 

 smaller posteriorly. Legs rather short and stout ; tibiae 

 dilated at apex. 



Length 3-3|^ mm. 



Hab. West Australia : Perth. 



With scales and setse much as on xanthorrhceee^ but stouter 

 and eyes much smaller. Thus, in that species the space 

 between the eyes is but little more than the extreme length 

 of an eye ; in the present species the space between the eyes 

 is fully double the length of an eye. The antennae are also 

 shorter, with the club more rounded. Crinita, also from 

 W. Australia, is a larger species, with thinner antennae and 

 much less conspicuous setae, &c. Subterranea, jjuncticol/is, 

 and sivanseaensis have very similar eyes and antennae, but 

 the setae are in more than one series on each interstice, and 

 the size is usually considerably larger. 



Timareta crinita, Pasc. Cottesloe. 

 T. figurata, Pasc. Cottesloe. 

 T. pilosa, Black b. Adelaide. 

 T. duplicata, Lea. Sydne5^ 

 T. granicolliSj Lea. Perth. 



Merimnetes eequalifrons, Blackb.j var. compactus, n. var. 



Four specimens (both sexes), taken by Mr. Bryant on the 

 Blue Mountains, differ from ordinary specimens of csquali- 

 frons in being shorter and more compact, and with a trifle 

 shorter rostrum. But as I can find no other diff"erences, I 

 have not ventured to give them other than a varietal name. 



Mylloceriis bilineater^ sp. n. 



$ . Black or blackish ; legs reddish. Densely clothed 

 with white scales, uniform on head, under surface, and legs, 

 but mixed with numerous black spots on elytra ; a black 



