101 



Judging by tiie aiitenn^Tj l)otli sexes of this species are 

 before me, and in neither is the rostrnm barbed; in one 

 specimen (presumably the male) the rostrum is at least once 

 and one-third the length of the prothorax, in two others 

 (presumably tne females) it is much longer. In one specimen 

 of each sex the scape is at rest in its scrobe, with the rest 

 of the antenna directed forward ; in the male the funicle 

 and club extend distinctly more than halfway to the apex 

 of the rostrum from the tip of the scape, in the female they 

 extend considerably less than halfway to the apex. 



Mycttdes balaninikostius, n. sp. 



Black, highly polislied ; scape obscurely diluted with red. 

 Clothing as in the preceding species, except that it is sparser. 



Head with fairly numerous and small but clear l}- -de- 

 fined punctures. Roifruui thin, except at the base, consider- 

 ably longer than prothorax ; punctures as in the preceding 

 species. Scape inserted slightly nearer base than apex; basal 

 joint of funicle as long as the two following combined. Fro- 

 fhorax less transverse than in the preceding species; with 

 comparatively small and rather sparse but sharply-defined 

 punctures. Eh/fra subcordate, closely clasping prothorax, 

 deeply striate, the punctures in tlie striae deeply impressed 

 and scarcely, even towards the base, encroaching on the in- 

 terstices, each of these (except towards the base where they 

 are more or less irregularly doubled) with single rows of 

 minute punctures. Femora almost edentate. Length. 3 A -5 

 mm. 



Tlab. — Queensland : Endeavour River, Cairns (Macleay 

 Museum). 



There are five specimens before me. varying considerably 

 in size, but apparently of one sex. 



AcYTHOPEUs ATERRiMi's, Waterli." 



Bar is orrhirora, Blackb. 



Described by Waterhouse from Singapore as attacking 

 orcliids, subsequently described as a Baris by Blackburn, also 

 as attacking orchids, and figured in the Ar/ricultural Ga- 

 zette of New South Walesf under the latter's name. The 

 species is readily distinguished by its opaque surface and pecu- 

 liarly granulated elytral interstices. Mr. Waterhouse sent a 

 specimen of his aterri/n t/s to Mr. Froggatt, who kindly allow- 

 ed me to examine it and compare it with a specimen of orrhi- 

 rora, reared by himself from orchids, and there is no doubt 



* Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. x., p. 226. 



+ 1904. fig. 2, in a plate facinp; p. 514. 



