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The females bear a considerable resemblance in colour to 
S. flavocincta, Lap., S. pubicollis, Waterh., and some others 
thereto allied, but differ entirely inter alia by the smooth nitid 
surface of the prothorax and the faint sparse puncturation of its 
disc. In all the females before me the orange border of the pro- 
thorax ceases abruptly a little in front of the base, so that the 
hinder part of the margin is of the colour of the disc. 
S. wnicincta, Saund. I believe this to be the male, and 
S. flavicollis, Saund., to be the female of one species. 
CURCULIONID:. 
GONIPTERINI. 
OXYOPS. 
O. placida, sp. nov. (Fem.) Angustior ; picea, squamis fulvis 
et nonnullis niveis (his maculatim dispositis) vestita, anten- 
nis pedibusque obscure rufescentibus ; oculis minus promi- 
nulis ; rostro lato brevi (ut O. bi/unaris, Pase.); prothorace 
vix transverso, a basi antrorsum leviter arcuatim angustato 
(fere subcylindrico), sat crasse ruguloso et granulis nitidis 
crebre adsperso ; scutello sat elongato ; elytris striato-punc- 
tulatis, puncturis sat magnis squamis fulvis repletis, inter- 
stitiis angustis crebre granulatis, humeris parum prominulis. 
hone, 4 |. > lat, 2.0 
The snowy-white scales are thinly and singly sprinkled on the 
prothorax, and forma patch on and around the scutellum, as 
well as some very conspicuous spots on the elytra, the largest of 
which are placed (one on each elytron) on the third interstice, a 
little behind the middle. The principal characters of this species 
seem to be :—Rostrum short and wide, without carine or sulci ; 
prothorax elongate (to a casual glance longer than wide), without 
any distinct constriction or longitudinal sculpture, and with its 
front angles but little developed, coarsely rugulose, and covered 
with strong, shining granules ; elytra evidently depressed on the 
space within the third interstice, and without tubercles (except 
the subapical nodosity which is not strongly developed), their 
shoulders but little prominent; mesosternum only moderately 
prominent in front. 
Victoria ; taken by Mr. Froggatt near Bendigo. 
O. pictipennis, sp. nov. (Fem.) Angustior; rufa, nigro-varie- 
gata, squamis silaceis et nonnullis albidis vestita; oculis 
minus prominulis; rostro minus brevi minus lato ; capite 
inter oculos profunde sulcato ; prothorace leviter transverso, 
sat crasse ruguloso et granulis nitidis crebre adsperso, carina 
longitudinali mediana abbreviata instructo, lateribus a basi 
