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comparative freshness of the individuals, as when the head 
and rostrum are densely squamose no line can be seen, but 
when at all abraded a line can be traced- 
The species is a variable and widely distributed one, and 
is common on various species of acacia. The elytra are some- 
times almost entirely pallid, whilst in others they are very 
decidedly maculate : they always, however, have rows of semi- 
erect bristles. The prothorax is usually supplied with three 
infuscate lines, occasionally with but two (it was probably 
from a female of this form that Blackburn drew up his de- 
scription of laid), whilst a form is not at all uncommon m 
which the whole upper surface of the prothorax is clothed 
with infuscate scales. The size varies from 11 to 2 mm. 
In this species (as in others of the subfamily) the appa- 
rent width and shape of the joints of the funicle differ accord- 
ing to whether they are free or clogged with gum, and fresh 
or abraded. 
On one specimen before me the deciduous mandibular 
processes are present. They are strongly curved, not half 
the length of the head and rostrum combined, widest and 
obtusely dentate in the middle, and of a reddish colour. 
The species is very close to fenvis and hrevicollis (if these 
are really distinct), but differs in having the prothorax longer 
and the elytra with semi-erect bristles. 
Hab. — Victoria: Grampians, Ararat, Melbourne: iSew 
South Wales: Blue Mountains, Springwood, Forest Reefs: 
Queensland : Brisbane. 
TlTINIA PARVA, n. Sp. 
Black, appendages (excej^t middle of femora) recMish. 
Densely clotheu with dingy whitish and slaty-brown scales, 
and with sparse, stout setae. 
Head narrowly impressed in middle, the impression con- 
tinued on to rostrum. Eyes large, almost round. Rostrum 
gradually narrowing to apex. Scrobes short, deep, and ap- 
proximating behind- Scape strongly curved : first joint of 
funicle distinctly longer than second. Prntliora.i feebly trans- 
verse, base lightly bisinuate, sides lightly rounded in middle. 
Eli/tra subparallel on basal two-thirds, much wider than pro- 
thorax : striate-punctate. Femora edentate. Length, 2^ mm. 
//r^^y.— Victoria (National Museum). 
The smallest of the subfamily as yet recorded from Aus- 
tralia. From ir/naria it differs in being smaller, in the elytra 
having the setae sparse, short, and scarcely (usually not at all) 
rising above the general level (instead of rather dense and 
sub-erect) : the club also is reddish. The prothorax is dis- 
tinctly longer than in tenuis and brevicnUis. 
