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spots, of which there are several on the prothorax and on the 

 elytra, one on each side of the suture near the front, and one 

 wide and fascia-form about the middle. 

 S. Australia ; Eyre's Peninsula. 



GERYXASSA. 



G. Andersoni, sp. nov. Minus brevis ; subparallela ; picea vel 

 ferruginea, antennis pedibusque testacco-rufis (nonnullorum 

 exemj^lorum femoribus infuscatis) ; squamis piceis et 

 ferrugineis vel albidis variegata ; funiculi articulo 2° quam 

 1"* manifeste breviori ; rostro quani prothorax (maris vix, 

 femime manifeste) longiori, longitudinaliter manifeste 

 strigato ; prothorace sat fortiter trans verso ; elytris punctu 

 lato-striatis, interstitiis 3" 5° que interrupte leviter costatis. 

 Long, (rostr. inch), If 1. ; lat., y^^ 1. 

 Variable in colour and markings ; as far as I have observed, 

 the rostrum of the female is always ferruginous, of the male 

 always piceous. The club of the antennae is scarcely at all 

 infuscate. Taking the lighter-coloured scales (which vary from 

 grey to ochraceous) as the ground-colour, there is generally at the 

 base of the prothorax a large dark spot, which is continued back 

 to cover the scutellar region, but in some examples only its 

 lateral edges run back — forming a line on either side of tlie 

 scutellum. The dark scales are variously mottled over the sur- 

 face of the elytra, but usually they are conspicuous on the 

 elevated portions of the third and tifth interstices, giving those 

 elevations the appearance of elongate feeble black tubercles. 



Its small size in combination with the comparatively short 

 second joint of its funiculus, the ferruginous antennal club, and 

 the very feeble elevations of the third and Hfth elytral inter- 

 stices distinguish this species from its previously-described con- 

 geners. 1 have named it after Mr. John Anderson of Port 

 Lincoln. 



S. Australia ; Eyre's Peninsula. 

 G. picticornis, sp. nov. Sat brevis ; picea vel ferruginea, anten- 

 narum scapo pedibusque rutis, antennarum f uniculo clavaque 

 piceis ; squamis ochraceis nigro-piceisque variegata ; funiculi 

 articulo T quam l""^ haucl breviori ; rostro (femime) quam 

 prothorax multo longiori, longitudinaliter manifeste strigato ; 

 prothorace sat transverso ; elytris punctulato-striatis, inter- 

 stitiis 3° 5° que interrupte costatis. Long. h*03tr. inch), 2 1. 

 (vix.); lat., ±L 

 This is a prettily-marked species ; tlie ochraceous scales being 

 regarded as forming the ground-colour, the blackish markings 

 consist of three narrow vittie on the prctthorax, wliich run back 

 a short distance on the elvtra, and on each elvtron a trianjiular 



