snnie Anslruli ni CiirculioiiiJae. 3!*9 



Head with small conccalod punctures. Kycs prominent, 

 ■widely separated. Uostrum short and thick, scarcely lonjicr 

 than fireatrst width, with dense, more or less concealed 

 l)unctures. PruHiurnx small, ahout as lon{? as wide, sides 

 nKx'crately ri>un(h(l, ha^e ahout o!ie-third wider than ajjcx ; 

 with dense, normally concealed punctures, and with 

 remnants rif a feehle median carina. Klijtra mucli wider 

 than prothorax, shoulders ohlicpicly rounded and with 

 numerous {granules, each side near hase with an oljtuse 

 granulated swelliii};, apex very ohtusely mucronate ; with 

 rows of large and usually concealed punctures ; third, fifth, 

 and seventh interstices with granulated elevations. Meso- 

 sternum with an ohtusely pointed intercoxal process. Leys 

 stout ; tib ae with numerous small teeth, less distinct ou the 

 hind pair than on the others. 



Length 10 mm. 



Hal). Queensland : Thursday Island. 



In general ap[)earance much like a Gouijj/erus, but with tho 

 intercoxal process of 0,n/ojjs*. To the naked eye the upper 

 surface appears to be rather densely and irregularly clothed 

 with greyish-white scales, with darker spots ou the elytra. 

 The dark spots, however (of which the most conspicuous 

 one apjxars like a transverse interrupted median fascia, 

 although there is one almost as distinct behind the shoulder), 

 are due partly to the scales there being smaller tliau else- 

 where, ijut prin(.'ipally to being densely covered witli a snuft- 

 colound meal or powder. The third interstice is obtu.scly 

 tuhcrculate near base, with a longitudinal elevation before 

 middle and a shorter one beyond same, the two latter being 

 coiis})icuously separated by the silvery scales of the fascia. 

 The elevations aud granules ou the other odd iuterstices are 

 less conspicuous. 



Ou'i/ops grisea, sp. u. 



Black. Densely clothed with silvery-white scales, but 

 elytra with a conspicuously mottled appearance. 



Head with a deep but partially concealed impression 

 between eyes, elsewhere with small concealed punctures. 

 Kyes j)rominent and widely separated. Rostrum short, 

 about as long as greatest width (which is near apex) ; with 

 dense punctures, concealed on hasal half. Prtdhorav mwvlW, 

 ahout as long as wide, sidis moderately rounded and de- 

 creasing iu width almost from base to apex; wiili dense, 



* In I'n.c. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 18'J7, p. (KX), this process was erro- 

 neou^'ly ref. rred to as if it beluuped to the inelaiteriiuiii, instead ol to tho 

 Diesosternum. 



