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CYTTALIA ACACIA, 7. sp. 
Head, rostrum (except apex), prothorax, and scutellum 
piceous ; elytra testaceous, tinged with piceous about scutellum 
and the sides, and very feebly along the suture; under-surface 
black in male, the abdomen excepted in female; legs and antenne 
testaceous, club black. Elytra with moderately dense, short 
setze or pubescence, interstices each with a line of comparatively 
short sete. 
Rostrum subequal in length with prothorax, feebly curved. 
Scape the length of funicle only. Punctures in elytral strize very 
distinct towards base and sides; strie deeper at sides than in 
middle ; interstices convex, scarcely visibly punctate. Anterior 
femora edentate. Length, 24 mm. 
Hab.—Geraldton. 
Specimens were beaten in abundance from Acacia blossoms, 
and were usually densely covered with pollen. 
CYTTALIA NIGRA, 7. sp. 
Entirely black. Elytra with fine white pubescence, each of 
the elytral interstices with a line of short setz, not (as in all the 
other species here described, except impura) placed in single file. 
Rostrum shorter than prothorax. Scape slightly shorter than 
funicle. Elytra strongly striate-punctate, punctures everywhere 
distinct, strive (especially towards sides and suture) rather deep, 
interstices convex and densely punctate towards base. Anterior 
femora edentate. Length, 2-3 mm. 
Hab.—Swan River. 
Numerous specimens were obtained by means of the sweep 
net. 
CYTTALIA RUFIPES, 7. sp. 
Black, legs and antenne (club black) pale reddish-testaceous. 
Elytra with short yellowish pubescence, and with fine lines of 
yellowish sete. 
Rostrum shorter than prothorax. Scape slightly shorter than 
funicle. Punctures in elytral strie feeble except towards base 
and sides ; interstices feebly convex, and rather densely punctate. 
Four anterior femora edentate, teeth of posterior large, but 
smaller than usual. Length, 25—2$ mm. 
Hab.—Swan River. 
CytrraLiA SYDNEYENSIS, Blackb. 
Mr. Blackburn, at the foot of his description of this species, 
remarks having seen examples with a blackish metasternum, &c., 
and of which he says, ‘‘I cannot satisfy myself represent a dis- 
tinct species.” I have a pair taken in cop, in which the meta- 
sternum and scutellum are black in tne male, and scarcely 
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