sovie Auslrul'utn Cuiculioiiida;. 471 



Third intor.sticp slij^litly elcvatfd iti jmrt^ sordidus. 



Tliiri iiiterslico not 80 el»'Viit>d. 



ivostniin black uiyrirostria. 



llostrum n-d. 



Elytni distinctly spotted macuUttu». 



Elytrn not distinctly spot tod. 



C'Icitiiinji: of uj>ptT siirfftco mostly sooty cafunrinee. 



Clothinj? of upper suifact? mostly jmle dvcipuns. 



Micraouychus dccijjiens, sp. n. 



Dull rod ; fuiiiclc, oluh, aiul tarsi black. Clothed with 

 inon; or loss wliitisli scales. 



Rostrum the leuj^lh ot" i)rothora.K ; with rather small punc- 

 ttires. Protliorax about as lonj^ as wide, sides moderately 

 rouuded, with dense, normally concealed punctures. Jihjtra 

 elongate, parallel-side 1 to near ape\ ; with rows of large, 

 jjartially cuneealed punctures, in i'eei)lc striie. Under sur- 

 face witii dense and rather coarse, but normally more or less 

 concealed punctures. 



Length 2-2^ mm. 



JJab. Tasmania : Ilobart. New South Wales : Mount 

 Victoria [A. M. Lea), Blue Mountains {E. JV. Ferguson). 



On old or abraded s|)ecimens the clolhing of the upper 

 surface is of a more or less dingy grey, but on ones in good 

 condition it is white or stramineous. On the prothorax it is 

 denser along middle than elsewhere ; on tlie elytra the scales 

 on some of the interstices are dense and obli([ucly overlap, 

 as on Misophrice alternata. On tlie sides of the sterna the 

 clothing is denser than elsewhere, and is usually silvery in 

 appearance, but occasionally with a faint purplish or greenish 

 gloss. The scales on the legs also are sometimes faintly 

 glossed with green or purple. In the female the rostrum is 

 slightly longer than in the male and its punctures are even 

 kss distinct. 



Micraouychus nigrirostris, sp. n. 



Black. Densely clothed "ith large, round, and usually 

 pale scales. 



Length \'^,-2 mm. 



Ila/j. Tasmania : Ilobart. New South Wales : National 

 Park, Sydney. Mount Victoria (//. M. Lea). 



Hather su'ialler than the preceding species, but with the 

 shape of the prothorax and elytra and the punctures the 

 same, but diHering in the colour and clothing. From all 

 others of the genus it is readily distinguished by its entirely 

 black rostrum. The scape is not quite as dark as the rest of 



