the Australian Cuvculionldte. 237 



tertio paulo longiore ; prothorace trausverso, sequaliter crebre 

 gi'anulato-punctato ; scutello angusto, albo ; elytris modice con- 

 vexis, striato-punctatis, iuterstitiis latiusculis, subplanatis, crebre 

 granulatis, singulis tuberculis tribus modice elevatis (uno basali, 

 duobus posticis, exteriorc marginem versus) instructis. Long. 5 lin. 



Hah. Champion Bay. 



Somewhat like 0. crassirostris -, but with a longer rostrum, 

 much smaller eyes, elytra with the interstices broader and 

 more convex, 

 also are completely setuliform. 



Oxi/ojys sjMrsutus. 



0. angustior, nitide ater, squamulis niveis maculatim adspersus ; 

 rostro brevissimo ; oeulis prominulis ; anteunis ferrugineis ; scapo 

 brevi ; funiculo elongato ; prothorace transverse, profunde crebre, 

 quasi reticulatim punctate, punctis plurimis squamigerentibus, 

 in medio nigro bivittato ; scutello angusto ; elytris convexis, baud 

 tuberculatis, striato-punctatis, punctis sat profundis, approximatis, 

 iuterstitiis latiusculis, convexis, granulatis, humeris baud pro- 

 minulis, apicibus paulo divaricatis ; pedibus tarsis subtestaceis, 

 fuscis, sejunctim albo-setulosis. Long, 4 liu. 



Hah. Champion Bay. 



This prettily mottled species has a remarkably short rostrum ; 

 and the scape is also unusually short. The black marks on 

 the prothorax and elytra are due to the very slender bristle- 

 like scales imperfectly clothing those parts. 



Oxyo-ps Jloreus. 



0. angustior, nitide fuscus, squamulis niveis, supra modice, intra 

 minus adspersus, elytris squamulis majoribus condensatis maeulas 

 formantibus ; rostro latitudine paulo longiore, antice leviter gib- 

 boso ; antennis ferrugineis, squamulosis ; prothorace subtrans- 

 verso, subconico, utrinque rotundato, granulato-punctato, granulis 

 prominuUs ; scutello angusto ; elytris modice convexis, rude 

 •striato-punctatis, interstitus angustis, grosse granulatis, maculis 

 numerosis niveis, singulis una pone medium majore, ornatis, 

 apicibus obsolete mucronatis ; pedibus ferrugineis, albo-squamosis. 

 Long. 4| lin. 



Hah. West Australia, 



The white scales on the elytra are somewhat fasciculate in 

 their arrangement, 



Oxyops rutilus. 



0. angustior, rufo-fulvus, supra squamulis parvis albidis adspersus ; 

 capite pone oculos constricto ; rostro brevi, crasso, granulato- 

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