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Head densely punctate, finely towards base, coarsely between 
eyes; eyes ovate. Rostrum moderately stout, feebly curved, 
finely punctate, in male the length of prothorax, in female dis- 
tinctly longer. Scape slightly longer than funicle, in male 
inserted distinctly nearer apex than base of rostrum and con- 
siderably passing apex, in female inserted almost in exact middle 
and just passing apex. Prothorax transverse, sides rounded and: 
increasing to base, densely and slightly irregularly punctate. 
Scutellum semicircular, finely punctate. Hlytra longer than 
prothorax, head, and rostrum combined, and not much wider than 
prothorax, sides parallel to near apex, shoulders oblique ; striate- 
punctate, punctures subquadrate, larger in male than in female ; 
interstices convex, finely punctate. Under-surface densely and 
finely punctate. Femora thickened; posterior very strongly, 
intermediate slightly, anterior not at all dentate. Length, male, 
6 mm.; rostrum, 1+ mm.; width, 2 mm.; (female, length, 62 mm.;. 
rostrum. 12 mm.). 
Hab.—N.8.W.; Galston. (Reared and beaten from cones of a 
species of Banksia). 
A pallid species allied to cirrifera (Pascoe) from which it is 
readily distinguished by its narrower form, paler colour, and 
absence of elytral spots. It appears to be close to tabida (Pascoe) 
but differs from the description of that species in being consider- 
ably larger, and with a transverse prothorax ; the elytra are 
elongate and parallel-sided, and each of their punctures (when 
seen from above) appears to be surrounded by a darker ring. 
Pascoe says of tabida that they ‘appear in certain lights to be: 
surrounded by a paler ring.” 
MyosittTa APIONOMORPHA, 7. Sp. 
Black (the female occasionally dark piceous-brown) ; scape and 
first joint of funicle red, rest of the antennez black. Elytra with 
short and very sparse adpressed white sete, and with longer 
sparse and suberect sete ; under-surface with moderately dense 
white pubescence. 
Head strongly punctate between eyes, finely and sparsely 
towards base ; eyes subovate, more prominent, and less widely 
separated in male than in female. Rostrum rather slender, 
slightly curved, distinctly longer than prothorax; with rather 
strong elongate punctures; a distinct longitudinal impression 
between antennze. Scape the length of funicle, inserted at 
about one-third from, and considerably passing apex of rostrum 
in male, in female inserted at about two-fifths from and just 
passing apex. Prothorax slightly longer than wide, sides rounded 
and increasing to near base; densely but somewhat irregularly 
