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thence to near the apex is clothed with scales, as on the 

 shoulders. On the under surface the scales are denser and 

 Mhite or whitish. 



Cassythicola media, sp. n. 



(^ . Dark reddish brown ; legs, antennae, and sometimes 

 the rostrum paler. Rather densely clotiied with scales, 

 varying from whitish, throngh golden, to sooty. 



Head small, punctures concealed. Rostrum long and 

 strongly curved, behind antennae with rows of punctures, in 

 front with sparser and irregularly disposed punctures. 

 Scape thin, inserted about two-fifths from apex of rostrum, 

 and somewhat shorter than funicle. Prothurax strongly 

 transverse, base much wider than apex, feebly bigibbous in 

 middle ; with dense, normally concealed punctures. Elytra 

 about one-third wider than prothorax,not much longer than 

 wide, shoulders moderately rounded, the apex strongly so ; 

 with rows of fairly large but more or less concealed punc- 

 tures, each containing a scale. Legs short and stout. 



Length 2i-3 mm. 



? . Differs in having the rostrum distinctly longer and 

 thinner, punctures almost absent from in front of antennse 

 and smaller behind same, antenuce and tibiae thinner, and 

 clothing more variegated. 



Hab. N. S. Wales: National Park, Ourimbah (G. E. 

 Bryant), Gosford (//. W. Cox) ^. 



in size almost midway between rotuvdatn and lovgirostris, 

 but with markings approaching those of the former. Of 

 three males now under examination, the clothing is not 

 similar on any two. Two have live small sooty spots at the 

 base of the elytra, and some vague ones elsewhere ; another 

 has the basal spots very obscure, but a rather distinct roAV 

 of sooty spots across the middle, with paler scales l)efbre 

 and after same, and the apex with a large round patch of 

 almost gulden scales. The sooty spots are usually feebly 

 elevated, so as to appear like depressed fascicles. On the 

 elytra of the others there are no distinct zones, and the 

 apical half has more or less greyish scales. On the pro- 

 thorax there is a fairly distinct pale median line and some 

 feeble spots or patches of pale and of dark scales. On the 

 only female before me the clothing is of an almost uniform 

 dingy golden colour. 



* Tliere is also a specimen from Wide Bay in the Australian 

 Museum. 



