some AiistniHan Ciuculioiiicla?. 4r>5 



applied to derm, and wlih mimcrotisstiflT erect setae scattered 

 al)out ; under surlace with whitisli depressed setic ; legs 

 with whitish scales and set?e. 



Head with derm concealed. Rostrnin thin, nimh ioiif^er 

 tlian prothorax, niDderately curved; in tront ot antennae 

 •with small punetures, hehind same with rows of punctures 

 separatiii;4 tine cariujc. Antennie very thin ; scape inserted 

 one-third from ajux of rostrum and almost as long as 

 funiele ami cluh eomhined ; first joint of funicle stouter and 

 somewhat longer than second, Prothorax slightly longer 

 than wide, strongly con\ex, apex ahout two-thirds the width 

 of hase ; with dense concealed punctures. Elytra oblong- 

 cordate, much widiT than prothorax ; with rows of large, 

 normally concealed puii(;iures. 



Length 2.] mm. 



Hab. Queensland : Kuranda. 



In general appearance like Storeus inamrpnu't, but larger, 

 darker, and with the erect setaj longer. 



Arteniatocis squamibwidus, sp. n. 



Piceous l)rown ; apical half of rostrum, antennre, and tarsi 

 more or less reddish. Densely clothed with muddy brown 

 scales, variegated with small whitish and sooty patches on 

 elytra. With nnmcroiis stout suberect scales scattered 

 about, mostly sooty brown on prothorax, but more variegated 

 on elytra. Under surface with ratlier sparse whitish scales. 

 Legs densely clothed. 



Head with derm concealed. Rostrum rather long, mode- 

 rately curved, apical third with small but distinct pur.cturcs, 

 elsewhere with rows of punctures srj)arating carinas, but 

 towards base more or less concealed. Antennae thin, 

 inserted about one-third from apex of rostrum ; first joint 

 of funicle longer than second and third combined. Pro- 

 thorax about one-third wider than long, sides gently rounded, 

 base and apex snbeqnal ; with dense concealed punctures. 

 JJlltra oblong-cordate, base lightly trisinuatc, and distinctly 

 wider than ])rothorax ; punctures normally concealed. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hub. Quecn>>land : Kuranda. 



Readily distinguished from the preceding species by its 

 shorter and stouter rostrum and much wider prothorax. 



KUeschodes N -alius, sp. n. 



Reddish castaneons, sides of prothorax, under surface, and 

 part of front femora much darker. Moderately deuselv 



