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scrobe. The rostrum, moreover, is somewhat too long and com- 
pressed for an average Olanea. The general resemblance to 
O. nigricollis, Pasc., is so close that it would be difficult to deter- 
mine an example of either if it had lost its rostrum except by 
the colour of the prothorax. 
Victoria ; Alpine district. 
XEDA. 
X. magistra, sp. nov. Robusta; sat parallela; picea, antennis 
pedibusque rufis ; squamis ferrugineis albidisque intermixtis 
vestita ; rostro quam prothorax vix longiori, punctulato, 
longitudinaliter leviter striolato; funiculi articulo basali 
quam sequentes 2 conjuncti subbreviori; prothorace fortiter 
transverso, antice valde angustato, sat crebre minus fortiter 
punctulato, lateribus fortiter. arcuatis ; elytris punctulato- 
striatis, interstiitis sat crebre sat subtiliter punctulatis, 
leviter convexis. Long. (rostr. incl.), 24 1.; lat., 14 1. 
My example of this species is somewhat abraded. It is, 
nevertheless, apparent that a fresh example would be uniformly 
covered with fine ferruginous scales, thickly and somewhat evenly 
sprinkled with fine whitish scales, which, however, are a good deal 
condensed on the sides of the prothorax. The prothorax is 
extremely small in proportion to the size of the elytra. 
S. Australia. 
X. notabilis, sp. nov. Late ovalis ; nigra, antennis (clava plus 
minusve infuscata excepta) tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis 
squamis (supra nigris, nonullis ferrugineis nonnullis albidis 
maculatim intermixtis, subtus albidis) dense vestita, et setis 
subtilibus sat brevibus suberectis instructa ; rostro quam 
prothorax vix longiori, sat crasse punctulato et longitudinali- 
ter striolato ; funiculi articulo basali quam sequentes 2 con- 
juncti sat longiori; prothorace ut preecedentis sed magis 
fortiter punctulato; elytris punctulato-striatis, interstitiis 
punctulatis vix convexis. Long. (rostr. incl.), 14 1.; lat., #1. 
The black scales form the ground of the upper surface, and are 
sparsely and inconspicuously mottled with ferruginous scales. 
The whitish scales form conspicuous and well-defined markings, 
which consist of a basal spot on either side of the prothorax, and 
on the elytra a number of small patches limited to the interstices 
of the striz, and grouping themselves into the following mark- 
ings :—(a) A large spot around the scutellum running backward 
on the suture, and giving off at its hind extremity a narrow 
fascia on either side a little in front of the middle ; (6) a narrow 
zigzag and more or less interrupted fascia a little behind the 
middle. The white scales on the elytra vary in extent ; in some 
