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SUB-FAMILY CIONIDES. 

 Nanophyes. 

 The peculiar shape and five- jointed funicle render this 

 genus a very distinct one ; hitherto but one species has been 

 recorded from Australia. 



Nanophyes maurus, Pasc. 

 There is a specimen before me, from Sydney, which pos- 

 sibly belongs to this species ; it differs from the description, 

 however, in having the scape and basal joint of funicle (not 

 flavous, but) of a very dark red, the base and apex of tibiae 

 are similarly coloured, and the sides of the prothorax in 

 certain lights appear to be diluted vv^ith red. 



Nanophyes Alleni, n. sp. 



Male. Black ; base of femora flavous ; funicle, scape, base 

 and apex of tibiae and parts of tarsi of a more or less dull 

 red. Moderately clothed with whitish pubescence, denser on 

 sides of sterna than elsewhere. 



Rostrum thin, not quite as long as head and prothorax 

 combined, grooved behind antennae (which are inserted at 

 apical third) and dilated in front of them, with punctures 

 throughout. ProtJiorax transverse, sub-conical ; with sparse 

 partially-concealed punctures. Elytra punctate-striate, the 

 interstices regularly convex, and with indistinct punctures. 

 Femora bidentate, the large tooth very thin and sharp, the 

 smaller scarcely traceable. Length (excluding rostrum), 

 2 mm. • 



Female. Differs in being larger, rostrum fully the length 

 of head and rostrum combined, grooves less distinct, and 

 punctures smaller and sparser, especially towards the apex ; 

 the antennse also are inserted nearer to the middle. 



TLah. — Queensland: Cairns (Edmund Allen). 



Differs from the preceding species by its slightly larger 

 size, longer rostrum, and very decidedly longer femoral teeth. 

 The clothing on the elytra of five specimens shows no tendency 

 whatever to form a V. 



Nanophyes V-ngtatus, n. sp. 



Female. Black ; base of femora flavous, tibiae almost 

 flavous, but slightly infuscate in middle ; scape, funicle, and 

 parts of tarsi of a dull red. Clothed with greyish pubescence, 

 denser on sides of sterna than elsewhere, and forming a 

 distinct V on elytra. 



Rostrum thin, the length of head and prothorax com- 

 bined, with a few feeble punctures in front of antennae 

 (which are inserted at apical two-fifths), but with distinct 



