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strongly punctate. Antennze moderately stout; scape inserted 
two-fifths from apex of rostrum, little more than clubbed portion 
passing apex, shorter than funicle; funicle with all the joints, 
except the first and seventh, apparently doubled. All else, 
except that the third and fourth abdominal segments are more 
angular at the sides, as in the preceding. Length, 24} mm.; 
rostrum, = mm. 
Female. Differs in having the head and rostrum less squamose, 
the latter with much feebler cost ; antenne thinner, inserted a 
little further (though not much) from the apex ; funicle simple, 
and the club more elongate and almost elliptic. 
Hab.—Geraldton. 
Numerous specimens obtained under bark of Melalewca, sp. 
STOREUS NIVEICEPS, 7. sp. 
Male. Elongate-ovate. Dark-red, rostrum and antenne paler. 
Head (more densely between eyes than elsewhere) and basal half 
of rostrum with moderately dense snowy-white scales, rest of 
rostrum with sparse white setz. Scales of upper surface 
(beneath they are purer) of an almost uniform dirty-white. 
Rostrum lightly curved, the length of prothorax and scutellum 
combined ; costz distinct at sides, feeble in middle, median costa 
feebly longitudinally divided; apical portion moderately strongly 
punctate. Antenne moderately slender; scape inserted two- 
fifths from apex of rostrum, not half passing, the length of 
funicle and first joint of club; first joint of funicle equal to 
second-fourth, second equal to third-fourth, seventh scarcely 
transverse ; club ovate, equal to four preceding joints, consider- 
ably wider than funicle. Prothorax almost quadrate, the sides 
being very lightly rounded, and the apex almost the exact width 
of base. lytra elongate-cordate, apex conjointly rounded ; 
striate-punctate, strie very feeble, punctures almost concealed 
by clothing. Prosternal channel distinct, apex more deeply 
emarginate than usual, anterior coxze rather widely separated. 
Abdomen with third and fourth segments comparatively strongly 
arcuate throughout. Length, 12 mm.; rostrum, + mm. (female, 
3 mm.). 
Female. Differs in having the rostrum longer, more noticeably 
curved, thinner, costz feebler at sides and absent in middle, 
feebly squamose at sides, and apical portion rather sparsely 
punctate ; the scape is inserted slightly in advance of the middle 
of rostrum, and not one-fourth passes apex, and the club is 
slightly longer. 
Hab.—N.S.W.: Gosford, Loftus, Galston, Sydney. 
A small soberly-coloured species, on first sight appearing to 
belong to the Cryptorhynchides. At Gosford numerous speci- 
mens were beaten from a species of Melaleuca. 
