432 Mr. A. M. Lea on 



XXXIX. — On some Australian Malacodermidae and Curcu- 

 liouidae collected by Mr. G. E. Bryant. By Ahthuk M. 

 Lea. 



[Concluded from p. 421.] 

 Curculionidae (continued). 



Ap I O N I D ES. 

 Apian nigroterminale, sp. n. 



S . Reddish castaneous ; legs flavous ; tip of rostrum, 

 claws, and club more or less black, suture slightly infus- 

 cated. Moderately clothed with whitish pubescence, denser 

 on sides of sterna than elsewhere. 



Head with partially concealed punctures. Rostrum about 

 the length of prothorax, moderately stout, lightly curved ; 

 apical two-thirds narrower than basal third and with smaller 

 but not concealed punctures. Antennae inserted about 

 one-third from base of rostrum. Prothorax rather lightly 

 transverse, sides rather strongly rounded in middle, with 

 a shallow medio-basal fovea; punctures partially concealed. 

 Elytra rather strongly punctate-striate, interstices with 

 small p\inctures. 



Length (excluding rostrum) l^-l^ mm. 



$ . Differs in having the rostrum considerably longer, 

 thinner, darker, and less dilated near base. 



Hab. Xew South Wales: lllawarra (G. E. Bryant)^ Sydney 

 (C. Gibbons). 



Distinguished from anthidiwn, immundum, and solani by 

 its daik club; solani has the rostrum shorter in both sexes 

 and immundum has it much longer in the female. In general 

 appearance, however, it is fairly close to partially abraded 

 specimens of solani. On the middle of the elytra the 

 clothing is slightly darker than elsewhere, but the difference 

 is rather slight, and there is no distinct pattern. The an- 

 tennae of the female are inserted at the same distance from 

 the base of the rostrum as in the male, but, owing to the 

 length of the rostrum itself, they are much more distant 

 from its apex than in the male. 



Apion lonfficolle, Lea. 

 A specimen from lllawarra differs from the type in having 



