398 Mr. A. M. Lea on 



carina nontinuod to near apex and narrowly bifurcated in 

 front. Antennse rather thin ; scape rather strongl}^ curved, 

 apex rather strongly thickened, about as long as five following 

 joints combined. Prothorax s\\i^htly longer than Mide, sides 

 evenly rounded, base and apex of equal width. Elytra 

 almost twice tlie width of prothorax, shoulders rounded, 

 sides parallel to beyond the middle and then strongly 

 narrowed to apex ; with rows of rather large subquadrate 

 punctures ; interstices with small and frequently concealed 

 granules, third with a slight tubercular swelling at summit 

 of posterior declivity. Legs rather long ; femora stout in 

 middle. 



Length 4^-6 mm. 



Hub. W. Australia: Swan River. (G. E. Bryant and 

 A. M. Lea). 



The antennae and rostrum are shorter than in bispinosa. 

 The elytra are unarmed, but nevertheless there is a slight 

 thickening of the interstices at the positions of the spines of 

 that species. The scales on the sides of the piothoiax and 

 elytra are usually of a snowy whiteness and entirely conceal 

 tl.e derm ; elsewhere they are much thinner (more or less 

 setose), but looking up the elytra from behind there usually 

 appears to be a distinct white V, caused by the scales on the 

 apical portion of each of the fifth interstices being much as on 

 the sides. The clothing appears to be easily abraded. In 

 some lights abraded specimens appear to have regular rows 

 of large round or rounded watery-looking punctures, much 

 as the submerged punctures on many specimens of Cordus 

 hospes. The apparent size of the punctures is much greater 

 than the real. The male differs from the female in being 

 smaller and with a moderately distinct impression at the 

 apex of the first abdominal segment. In the female the two 

 basal segments are also larger and more convex. 



MOLYTIDES. 



Aphela algarum, Pasc. Sydney. 



A. helojjoides, Pasc. Cottesloe, Adelaide, Largs Bay. 



Psaldus liosomoides, Pasc. Cottesloe, Adelaide, Largs Bay. 



GONIPTERIDES. 



Oxyops parvicol/is, sp. n. 



Blackish brown, in places obscurely diluted with red. 

 Densely but irregularly clothed with silvery-white scales, 

 and with snutf-colourcd meal, rather dense in places. 



