278 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Additions to 



XXXVII. — Additions to theAustralianCnrci\\iomdx. Part V. 

 By Francis P. Pascoe, F.L.S. &c. 



[Continued from p. 289.] 



Rhinaria perdix. 



B. breviuscula, nigra, cervino-squamosa albo maculata ; fronte bi- 

 verrucosa verrucis infra conjunctis (vel lobo Y-formi instructa) ; 

 rostro in medio longitudinaliter late excavato, infra lobos profunde 

 oblique sulcato ; prothorace sat vage punctato, basi quam apice 

 paulo latiore, utrinque rotundato, lateribus albidis ; scutello 

 albido, punctiformi ; elytris breviusculis, basi prothorace manifeste 

 latioribus, bumeris baud prominulis, striato-punctatis, interstitiis 

 convexis, apice rotundatis ; corpore infra pedibusque dense albido- 

 squamosis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hob. Victoria. 



A small robust species, easily known by its white-spotted 

 elytra. 



Rhinaria fasciata. 



R. oblonga, nmbrino-squamosa, albido variegata; fronte verruca 

 cordiformi valde elevata instructa ; rostro basi gibboso, in medio 

 haud excavato ; clava antennarum, basi excepta, nigra ; prothorace 

 latitudine parum longiore, utrinque rotundato, basi quam apice 

 multo latiore, dorso sat confertim granulato, lateribus albidis ; 

 scutello albido, apice rotundato; elytris basi prothorace multo 

 latioribus, postice gradatim angustioribus, humeris haud productis, 

 striato-punctatis, interstitiis convexis, seriatim granulatis, fascia 

 irregulari albida paulo ante medium ornatis, apice rotundatis ; 

 corpore infra albido ; pedibus umbrino variis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hah. Australia (interior). 



The nearest ally of this species seems to be R. myrrhata. 

 Boisduval describes a Rhinaria variegata from New Guinea 

 (in the plate it is stated to be from " Port-du-Koi-Georges "), 

 to which, in the Munich Catalogue, R. maculosa, Fhs., from 

 Australia, is referred. 



JEsiotes leucurus. 



jiE. oblongus, fuscus, supra squamulis minutis concoloribus, apice 

 elytrorum excepto, sejunctim vestitus ; fronte depressa, supra 

 oculos tuberculis duobus modice elevatis instructa ; rostro squa- 

 moso, basi et in medio subtransversim excavato, parte intermedia 

 gibbosa, lateribus oblique impresso ; antennis parce setulosis ; 

 funiculo articulis duobus basalibus breviusculis sequalibus, caeteris 

 transversis, submoniliformibus ; clava tomentosa, modice ovata ; 

 prothorace latitudine sesquilongiore, supra irregulariter granulato, 

 apice tuberculis duobus mamilliformibus horizontaliter producto ; 



