some Australian CiirculionidEe. 467 



than first; club elliptic, the length of five preceding joints 

 combined. Prothorax small, moderately transverse, sides 

 moderately rounded ; with dense, normally concealed punc- 

 tures ; with a short aud partially concealed median carina. 

 Elytra miich wider than prothorax^ basetrisinuate_, parallel- 

 sided to about the middle ; with rows of large, more or less 

 concealed punctui'es ; third interstice with a rather large 

 elongated tubercle about the middle, fourth with a rather 

 more obtuse one at basal fourth, fifth witli a rather feeble 

 one level with the one on third ; elsewhere with very feeble 

 tubercular swellings. Pectoral canal and mesosternal re- 

 ceptacle transversely corrugated. Metasternum foveate at 

 apex. Abdomen with first segment very little longer than 

 second, middle of apex depressed and suture there strongly 

 incurved, second slightly longer than third and fourth com- 

 bined. Legs rather long ; femora acutely and moderately 

 dentate, hind ones passing apex of elytra. 



Length 6i mm. 



? . Differs in being larger (9^ mm.) ; rostrum thinner 

 with less clothing on basal portion, apical portion with ranch 

 smaller and sparser punctures ; antennae inserted in exact 

 middle of rostrum ; metasternal fovea smaller smaller, basal 

 segment of abdomen gently convex^ and legs somewhat 

 shorter. 



Hab. Queensland : Kuranda. 



Difi'ers from squamiventris in the pectoral canal being 

 corrugated and non-squamose along middle, second abdo- 

 minal segment larger in proportion, clothing and tubercles 

 different, legs shorter, &c. The large elytral tubercles are 

 supplied with granules, but these are normally concealed by 

 the fascicles. The femoral teeth, although fairly large, are 

 normally indistinct on account of the clothing. 



Neomystocis squamiventris. Lea. 



The type of this species was described from a female in 

 rather poor condition ; but two specimens from Kuranda 

 taken by Mr. Bryant are evidently perfect^ as are also some 

 from the same locality taken by Mr. P. P. Dodd. These 

 specimens have the upper surface densely clothed with slaty 

 green rounded scales, interspersed with some snowy-white 

 ones, and with two black fascicles on the prothorax and 

 several on the elytra. 



The male differs from the female in having the rostrum 

 slightly shorter, with more distinct punctures, and the 

 clothing continued along its sides to in front of the middle. 



