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tennis ferrugineis, pilosis et parce setnlosis; funiculo articulis 

 duobus basalibus aequalibus ; prothorace subtransverso ( $ mani- 

 feste latiore), apice quam basi paulo angustiore, rugoso, vittis 

 tribus fuscis ornato ; lobis ocularibus prominnlis ; eljtris ovato- 

 cordatis, tenuiter striato-punctatis, punctis linearibus, interstitiis 

 latis, parum eonvexis, postice verticaliter declivibus, argenteo, 

 prsDsertim lateraliter, variis ; corpore infra pedibusque argenteo- 

 squamosis. Long. 2| ( (^ ), 3 ( $ ) lin. 



Hob. Queensland (Gayndah). 



Mr. Masters, to whom I am indebted for this prettily marked 

 S|Decies, tells me that it is found on nettles. In two of my 

 three specimens the principal white mark curves up from the 

 shoulder to behind the middle of the elytron ; the others con- 

 sist of several well-limited spots ; in the third specimen the 

 spots are more broken up and indefinite ; the rostrum is 

 nearly as broad again at the apex than at the base. 



Perperus variegatus. 



P. fuseo-squamosus, albo maculatim varius ; rostro prothorace multo 

 breviore, basi minus tenuato, antice subplanato ; antennis ferru- 

 gineis, pilosis, parce setiilosis ; fimiculo articulis duobus basalibus 

 brevioribus ; prothorace magis ampliato, apice quam basi magis 

 angustiore, rugoso, albo, \ittis duabus latis fuscis ornato, lobis 

 ocularibus promiuulis ; elytris ovato-cordatis, brevioribus, tenuiter 

 striato-punctatis, punctis linearibus, interstitiis latis, paulo eon- 

 vexis, postice minus decUvibus, niveo, prsecipue lateraliter, variis ; 

 corpore infra pedibusque dense subargenteo-squamosis. Long. 

 2|-3 Hn. 



Hah. Rockhampton. 



Closely resembling the last species ; but, inter alia, with 

 larger prothorax, the apex considerably narrower than the 

 base, especially in the female, and with two brown stripes only, 

 separated by a well-defined narrow white line ; the rostrum is 

 shorter and nearly of the same breadth throughout. 



OCYNOMA. 

 Rostrum modice elongatum, in medio tenuatum, versus apicem in- 

 crassatum ; scrob^s apicales, triangulares, postice cito evanescentes. 

 OcuJi rotundati. Antennce longae ; smpiis pone marginem ante- 

 riorem prothoracis attingens ; funmthis articulis obconicis ; dava 

 distincta. Prothorax lateraliter rotundatus, basi truncatus ; 

 lobis ocularibus nullis. Saitellum invisum. Elytra subcordata, 

 prothorace basi baud latiora, postice leviter declivia, apice rotun- 

 data. Femora in medio incrassata ; tihice intus bisinuatae, apice 

 ampliatae ; tarsi uormales. Abdomen segmentis duobus basalibus 



