some Aus/rali'itti (Jiuculioiiid;i'. 40') 



the elytra they arc stouter and confined to tlic seriate 

 punctures. IJetweeii the eyes, and partly on tlie base of the 

 rostrum, there is a conspicuous crest, composed of strami- 

 neous scales, thickly beset with setie. On the rostrum there 

 arc nuraerous setre. 



Two specimens from Sydney appear to represent a variety ; 

 they ditier in bein;^ suialler ( t^— 1| mm.), and with a vitta 

 of pale scales extendiuj^ on each side, fi'om apex of pro- 

 thorax to apex of elytra (on the latteron the lifth to seventh 

 interstices). 



Rhinarla ritf/osa, Boi. Blue Mountains. 



7^. transversa, Boi. Blue Mountains. 



7?. cavirostris, Pasc. Kuranda, Brisbane, Illawarra, Blue 

 Mountains, Sutherland. 



R. sign'ifera, Pasc. Cairns. 



R. tibialis, Blackb. Atherton, Quirindi, Blue ^Mountains. 



R. bisulcata, Lea. Blue Mountains, National Park, 

 Sydney. 



R. caiidata, Lea. Blue Mountains. 



Ptlororrhinus angustatus, Ths. Sydney. 



P. inargaritaceus, Er. Blue ^Mountains. 



P. ititerstiiiaUs, Lea. National Park, Sydney. 



Ethemaia sellata, Pasc. Quirindi. 



Htjph(Bria assimilis, Pasc. Baau 15 aa. 



Cleoni des. 

 Lixus immundus, Boh. Kuranda. 

 L. tenninalis, Lea. Kuranda. 



II Y L O n I 1 D E S. 



Alphilopis nivca, Pasc. Sydney. 



Orthorrhinits rJ/Hndriros/ris, Pasc. Kuranda, Brisbane, 

 Sydney, Ourinibah, National Park. 



0. klufjii, Boh. Sydney, Illawarra. 



Meriphus ater, sp. n. 



(J . Black, sca])c partly pale. Clothed with snowy-white 

 scales on each side of })rothorax, in front of ])rostcrnuni, 

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