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tennis ferrugineis, pilosis et parce setulosis • funiculo articulis 

 duobus basalibus sequalibus ; prothorace subtransverso ( $ mani- 

 feste latiore), apice quam basi paulo angustiore, rugoso, vittis 

 tribus fuscis ornato ; lobis ocularibus prominulis ; elytris ovato- 

 cordatis, tenuiter striato-punctatis, punetis linearibus, interstitiis 

 latis, parum convexis, postice verticaliter declivibus, argenteo, 

 praesertim lateraliter, variis ; eorpore infra pedibusque argenteo- 

 squainosis. Long. 2| ( <$ ), 3 ( $ ) lin. 



Hah. Queensland (Gayndah). 



Mr. Masters, to whom I am indebted for this prettily marked 

 species, tells me that it is found on nettles. In two of my 

 three specimens the principal white mark curves up from the 

 shoulder to behind the middle of the elytron ; the others con- 

 sist of several well-limited spots ; in the third specimen the 

 spots are more broken up and indefinite ; the rostrum is 

 nearly as broad again at the apex than at the base. 



Perperus variegatus. 



P. fusco-squamosus, albo maculatim varius ; rostro prothorace multo 

 breviore, basi minus tenuato, antice subplanato ; antennis ferru- 

 gineis, pilosis, parce setulosis ; funiculo articulis duobus basalibus 

 brevioribus ; prothorace magis anipliato, apice quam basi magis 

 angustiore, rugoso, albo, vittis duabus latis fuscis ornato, lobis 

 ocularibus prominulis ; elytris ovato-cordatis, brevioribus, tenuiter 

 striato-punctatis, punetis linearibus, interstitiis latis, paulo con- 

 vexis, postice minus declivibus, niveo, prsecipue lateraliter, variis ; 

 eorpore infra pedibusque dense subargenteo-squamosis. Long. 

 2±-3 lin. 



Hah. Rockhampton. 



Closely resembling the last species ; but, inter alia, with 

 larger prothorax, the apex considerably narrower than the 

 base, especially in the female, and with two brown stripes only, 

 separated by a well-defined narrow white line ; the rostrum is 

 shorter and nearly of the same breadth throughout. 



OCYNOMA. 



Rostrum modice elongatum, in medio tenuatum, versus apicem in- 

 crassatum ; scrobes apicales, triangulares, postice cito evanescentes. 

 Oculi rotundati. Antennce longae ; scapus pone marginem ante- 

 riorem protboracis attingens ; funiculus articulis obconicis ; clava 

 distincta. Prothorax lateraliter rotundatus, basi truncatus ; 

 lobis ocularibus nullis. Scutellum invisum. Elytra subcordata, 

 prothorace basi haud latiora, postice leviter declivia, apice rotun- 

 data. Femora in medio incrassata ; tibiae intus bisinuatse, apice 

 ampliatae ; tarsi normales. Abdomen segmentis duobus basalibus 



