some AnstraVum CurculiouitlrL'. 411 



Empolis niveodispersus, sp. n. 



(^ . Black, legs almost black, antennae of a clingy red. 

 Moderately clothed with somewhat golden or dark stra- 

 mineous' setse or thin scales, elytra in addition with some 

 round snowy-white scales scattered about, sometimes singl}^ 

 sometimes in small spots; under surface and legs with 

 whitish clothing. 



Head with dense punctures. Rostrum moderately long, 

 thin, and curved ; with dense punctures ; with three distinct 

 carinse from antennae to base. Antennoe rather tliin, in- 

 serted about one-third from apex of rostrum. Prothorax 

 moderately convex, almost as long as wide, sides strongly 

 rounded, base and apex subequal ; with dense round punc- 

 tures. Elytra about one-third wider than prothorax, 

 pai'allel-sided to beyond the middle ; with rows of large 

 partially concealed punctures in deep striai ; interstices wider 

 than striae, with more or less concealed punctures and 

 granules. Abdoraen with a shallow depression, filled with 

 stramineous setse along middle of tAvo basal segments, second 

 distinctly shorter than fifth, the setae at its apex appearing 

 like a small fascicle. 



Length 4| mm. 



Hab. New South Wales : Illawarra. 



In build rather close to the preceding species, but readily 

 distinguished from it and from all others of the genus by 

 the large snowy scales in the elytral striae. 



Desiantha maculata, Blackb. Mordialloc, Adelaide. 



D. malevolens, Lea. Mundaring. 



Eniopea bivittata, Lea. Illawarra, National Park. 

 Ethas eruditus, Blackb. Illawarra. 



E. varians, Blackb. National Park, Sydney. 

 Epamabus scutellaris, Blsickh. Illawarra. 

 E. ziczac, Lea. Illawarra. 



Cyttalia sydneyensis, Blackb. National Park, Sydney. 

 Si/mbothinus squalidus, Blackb. Baan Baa. 

 Nemestra incerta, Pasc. Perth. 



Eristus uniformis, sp. n. 



Dull reddish castaneous, antennae and legs slightly paler, 

 moderately clothed with short, depressed, whitish setai 



