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descriptions of australian cu rcu li o n i d>e , with 

 Notes on Previously Described Species. 



By Am-HLi! M. I.ea. 

 Part rV. 



I Read August 7, 1906.] 



SUB-FAMILY OTIORHYNCHIDES. 



Otjouhynciius sllcatus, Fab. 

 O. scABKOSUs. Marsh. 



O. CKIBUICOLLIS, Gyll. 



These species all occur as gardeu pests in Tasmania, 

 With the exception of sstffratioi they have not previously been 

 recorded as Australian. 



SUB-FAMILY CYLINDRORHINIDES. 



OCYNOMA ANTENNATA, PaSC. 



This S23ecies is very common about the Swan River, and 

 is very destructive in spring and early summer to buds and 

 leaves of the grape-vine. The scales are singularly easily 

 abraded and discoloured. Con/ipc/iftis, Pasc, appears to be 

 synonymous. 



Perperus malevolens, n. sp. 



Black, appendages more or less obscurely diluted with 

 red. Densely clothed with scales, varying from clingy-white 

 to slaty-brown. With numerous setae, dense, stout, and 

 scarcely (or not at all) rising above the general level on head 

 and prothorax, finer, sub-erect and more or less lineate in 

 arrangement on elytra, dense and fine on under-surface, and 

 long on tibiae and muzzle. 



II ('(nl with a feeble impression between ej^es, these 

 ovate, nostrum the length of prothorax, moderately curved ; 

 tricarinate, the median carina acute and straight, the others 

 more or less feebly waved. Scrobes deep in front, shallower 

 behind. Antennae not stout, scape extending to eye, first 

 joint of funicle longer than second, and second longer than 

 third, club slightly shorter than four preceding joints com- 

 bined. Protlwrci.x convex, slightly transverse, sides strongly 

 rounded, base and apex almost truncate, ocular lobes fairly 

 large and distinctly ciliated. Srufellum small but distinct. 

 Elytra sub-ovate, base feebly incurved to middle, shoulders 

 moderately rounded. Ler/.^ moderately long; front tibiae with 

 small but distinct teeth, the others edentate or almost so. 

 Length (rost. incL), 6-9 mm. 



