somr Atislrulutn Curculioiiiciie. 40'.) 



tlu iiir ii» iieur the apex is clothed with scales, as on the 

 8h()uhlers. Oil the under surface the scales are denser and 

 white or whitish. 



Cassythicola media, sp. n. 



^. Dark reddish brown ; lej^s, antennie, and s(jmetinie8 

 the rostrum pahr. Kathcr dei.sely clothed with scales, 

 varyiwi; i'roni whitish, thron;;h j^oldcn, to sooty. 



Head small, punctures concealed. Ucstrum lon<; and 

 strongly curved, behind antennaj with rows of punctures, in 

 front with sparser and irregularly disposed jjuncturcs. 

 Scape thin, inscrteil about two-hit hs from apex of rostrum, 

 and somcwhiit shorter than fnniclc, Prutlwrax strongly 

 transverse, base much wider than apex, feebly bigibbons in 

 middle ; with dense, normally concealed punctures. Klijtra 

 about one-third wider than prothorax.uot much longer than 

 wide, shoulders moderately rounded, the apex strongly so; 

 with rows of fairly large but more or less concealed punc- 

 tures, each containing a scale. Legs short and stout. 



Length 2^-3 mm. 



% . Differs in having the rostrum distinctly longer and 

 thinner, punctures almost absent from in front of antennie 

 and smaller behind same, antenuee and tibiae thinner, and 

 clothing more vai-iegaled. 



llab. N. S. Wales: National Park, Ourimljah iG. E. 

 Bryant), Uosford ( //. IV. Cox) *. 



In size almost midway between rotundatn and loiif/irostris, 

 but with markings approaching those of the former. Of 

 three males now under examination, the clothing is not 

 similar on any two. Two have live small sooty spots at the 

 base of the elytra, and some vague ones elsewhere ; another 

 has the basal spots very obscure, but a rather distinct row 

 of sooty spots across the middle, with paler scales before 

 and after same, and the apex with a large round patch of 

 almost g<jlden scales. The sooty spots arc usually feebly 

 elevated, so as to apjjcar like deiiressed fascicles. On the 

 elytra of the others there are no distinct zones, and the 

 apical half has more or less greyish scales. On the |)ro- 

 tliorax there is a fairly distinct i)alc median line au(i some 

 feeble spots or patches of pale and of dark scales. On the 

 only female before me the clothing is of an almost uniform 

 dingy golden colour. 



• Tliere id also a .'•pt.ciuu'ii fiom Wido IJay in tlm Australian 

 M Use u 111. 



