416 Mr. A. M. Lea on 



occasionally one on the seventh near apex, in addition to 

 the other two on the second. On one specimen all tlie 

 median and subupical spots are irregularly joined. These 

 specimens also have rather numerous elongated white spots 

 on the elytra. 



Omorophius coxii, sp. n. 



(^ . Bright reddish castaneous. Densely clothed with 

 more or less ochreous scales, variegated with paler and darker 

 ones on elytra, and paler on under surface. 



Rostrum long, thin, and moderately curved, with numerous 

 punctures, irregular in front of antennae ; seriate in arrange- 

 ment and separated by distinct ridges behind same, becoming 

 concealed towards base. Antenn^B thin, inserted at about 

 one-third from apex of rostrum ; first joint of funicle as 

 long as the three following combined. Protliorux rather 

 small, almost as long as wide, sides rather strongly rounded, 

 base distinctly wider than apex ; with dense, concealed 

 punctures. Scutellum minute. Elytra about once and one- 

 Jialf the width of prothorax, and fully thrice as long ; with 

 rows of large, almost concealed punctures, in feeble striae. 

 Legs moderately stout. 



Length 3^-4 mm. 



$ . Differs in being somewhat stouter, rostrum longer, 

 thinner, and with smaller punctures ; antennae inserted 

 nearer the middle of rostrum ; and abdomen with two basal 

 segments rather strongly convex, instead of flattened in 

 middle. 



Eab. New South Wales: Ryde (G. E. Bryant), Gosford 

 [H. W. Cox). 



In general appearance fairly close to nigrovarius, from 

 Western Australia, but larger and somewhat wider, elytral 

 markings different, and metasternum not black. From 

 seriatus (described originally as from Gosford), it differs in 

 being smaller, with conspicuous elytral markings, &c. The 

 scales are usually darker on the middle of the prothorax 

 than on the sides. On each elytron there is a pale, oblique, 

 irregular fascia, extending from the side before the middle 

 to near the suture at the apical third. On the side before 

 and beyond the fascia the scales are usually sooty, and there 

 is an irregular sooty spot on the middle just before the 

 fascia, and sometimes a smaller one just beyond it. On the 

 under surface the scales have sometimes a golden or greenish 

 glow. In addition to the scales there are some stout 

 depressed setje on the prothorax and elytra, but they are 

 indistinct from most directions. 



