some Australian Cuiculionidaa. 405 



the elytra tliey are stouter and confined to tlie seriate 

 punctures. Between the eyes, and partly on the base of the 

 rostrum, there is a conspicuous crest, composed of strami- 

 neous scales, thickly beset with setae. On the rostrum there 

 are numerous setoe. 



Two specimens from Sydney appear to represent a variety ; 

 they differ in being smaller (4|-4| mm.), and with a vitta 

 of pale scales extending on each side, from apex of pro- 

 thorax to apex of elytra (on the latter on the fifth to seventh 

 interstices). 



Rhinaria rugosa, Boi. Blue Mountains. 



R. transversa, Boi. Blue Mountains. 



R. cavirostris, Pasc. Kuranda, Brisbane, Illawarra, Blue 

 Mountains, Sutherland. 



R. signifera, Pasc. Cairns. 



R. tibialis, Blackb. Atherton, Quirindi, Blue Mountains. 



R. bisulcata, Lea. Blue Mountains, National Park, 

 Sydney. 



R. caudata, Lea. Blue Mountains. 



Pelororrhinus angustatus, Tiis. Sydney. 



P. margaritaceus, Er. Blue Mountains. 



P. interstitialis, Lea. National Park, Sydney. 



Ethemaia sellata, Pasc. Quirindi. 



Hypharia assimilis, Pasc. Baan Baa. 



Cleonides. 

 Lixus immundus. Boh. Kuranda. 

 L. terminalis, Lea. Kuranda. 



Hylobiides. 



Alphitopis nivea, Pasc. Sydney. 



Orthoi'rhinus cyliadrirostris, Pasc. Kuranda, Brisbane, 

 Sydney, Ourimbah, National Park, 



0, klugii, Boh. Sydney, Illawarra. 



Meriphus ater, sp. n. 



^ . Black, scape partly pale. Clothed with snowy-white 

 scales on each side of protliorax, in front of prosternum, 

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