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The ferruginous scales on the elytra are of a darker tone than 

 ^slsewhere ; regarding them as the ground colour the markings 

 consist of a pale ochraceous spot on each shoulder, and a large 

 common l3lotch of the same colour (with a few whitish scales 

 intermixed) occupying the apical one-third of the elytra, but not 

 quite reaching the lateral margins except close to the apex. The 

 longitudinal carin^e on the rostrum are very feeble. The pro- 

 thorax is very nearly as long as wide, and is very evidently con- 

 stricted a little behind the front margin ; its sides are somewhat 

 strongly rounded. The rostrum of the male is scarcely (of the 

 female considerably) longer than the prothorax. Compared with 

 E. angustatus, Blackb., the prothorax is evidently more elongate 

 and the legs are distinctly longer (especially the front pair), with 

 the apical joint of the tarsi less strongly exserted. The colour 

 and markings are quite different from those of E. aiigustatus. 



S. Australia ; Adelaide district. 



E. Leai, sp. no v. Sat elongatus ; minus parallelus ; piceus, 



squamis concoloribus et nonnullis albidis et pallide ochraceis 



intermixtis (his ad prothoracis latera et ad elytrorum partes 



anticas laterales apicemque condensatis) vestitus ; anten- 



narum funiculi articulo 2^ quam P^ vix breviori ; elytris 



punctulato-striatis. Long. (r(jstr. inch), 2^^ 1. ; lat., -^-^ 1. 



This species resembles the preceding in its markings, but its 



pitchy black colour (the antenna?, rostrum, and tarsi more or less 



reddish) will at once distinguish it. Its prothorax is distinctly 



transverse (even more so than that of E. angustatus), and is 



evidently constricted behind the front margin, with its sides 



rounded more strongly than in either species previously described. 



The rostrum is in both sexes about as long as that of E. longipes, 



and is very distinctly marked with line longitudinal carinie. The 



pale-coloured scales occupy the great part of the prothorax — the 



middle part being of the darker colour — and on the elytra they 



form a large ill-defined patch on the sides of the basal portion, 



and cover the whole apical two-fifths of the surface. The 



general build of the insect is markedly less narrow and parallel 



than in E. angusfxitus and longipes. 



N.S. Wales. Taken by Mr. Lea near Tamworth. 



EMPLESIS. 



E. majiiscula. .sp. nov. Fern. Ovalis ; sat robusta ; ferruginea 

 rostro Itete rufa ; squamis ferrugineis albidisque indeter- 

 minate intermixtis vestita ; funiculi articulo 2' quam 1"" 

 paullo breviori quam 3"* duplo longiori, articulis nuUis 

 transversis ; rostro gracili arcuato, quam prothorax triple 

 longiori ; prothorace in partibus posterioribus 3 quadrate 

 fortiter transverse, in parte anterior! (juarta fortiter cen- 



