452 Mr. A. M. Lea on 



XXXIX. — On some Australian Malacodermidse and Curcu- 

 lionidse collected hy Mr. G. E. Bryant. By Arthur M. 

 Lea. 



[Concluded from p. 421.] 



Curculionidse {continued). 



Apionides. 



Apian nigroterminale, sp. n. 



^. Reddish castaneoiis; legs flavous ; tip of rostrum, 

 claws, and club more or less black, suture slightly infus- 

 cated. jModerately clothed Avith whitish pubescence, denser 

 on sides of sterna than elsewhere. 



Head with partially concealed punctures. Rostrum about 

 the length of prothorax, moderately stout, lightly curved ; 

 apical two-thirds narrower than basal third and with smaller 

 but not concealed punctures. Antennse inserted about 

 one-third from base of rostrum. Prothorax ratiier lightly 

 transverse, sides rather strongly rounded in middle, with 

 a shallow medio-basal fovea; punctures partially concealed. 

 Elytra rather strongly punctate-striate, interstices with 

 small punctures. 



Length (excluding rostrum) li-lg mm. 



$ . Differs in having the rostrum considerably longer, 

 thinner, darker, and less dilated near base. 



Hab. New South Wales: lllawarra (G. E. Bryant)^ Sydney 

 (C. Gibbons). 



Distinguished from anthidium, immundnm, and solani by 

 its dark club; solani has the rostrum shorter in both sexes 

 and immundum has it much longer in the female. In general 

 aj)pearance, however, it is fairly close to partially abraded 

 specimens of solani. On the middle of the elytra the 

 clothing is slightly darker than elsewhere, but the difference 

 is rather slight, and there is no distinct pattern. Tlie an- 

 tennae of the female are inserted at the same distance from 

 the base of the rostrum as in the male, but, owing to the 

 length of the rostrum itself, they are much more distant 

 from its apex than in the male. 



Apion longicolle, Lea. 

 A specimen from lllawarra differs from the type in having 



