472 ^Ir. A. M. Le;i on 



the antennae. The seales are nearly all quite circular iu 

 outline; on fresh specimens they are mostly white, with a 

 sli};ht bluisli tinge, but they ofteu have a co[)prry gloss, 

 varying with the point of view. On one specimen tlie seales 

 arc unusually dense and of a beautiful golden colour witli a 

 slight rosy gloss. On old and abraded specimens, however, 

 the clothing looks very diagy, with here and there one 

 metallic scale showing up distinctly. Some of the more 

 brightly coloured specimens have a strong resemblance to 

 some specimens of Mhnphrlce gloriosa, in whose company 

 they were probably taken. 



Micraonychus casuarince, sp. n. 



Dull red ; funicle, club, and tarsi black. Densely clothed 

 ■with sooty-brown scales ; the under surface and under parts 

 of legs with whitish or greyish scales. 



Rostrum long and thin ; a seriate row of punctures on 

 each side of basal half. Prothorax, elytra, and under sur- 

 face wnth sculpture as in deci/jienSj but more concealed by 

 clothing. 



Length 2-2 j mm. 



Hab. New South "Wales: Illawarra (G. E. Bryant). 

 AVollongong, Parranuitta River, on Casuarinas growing just 

 above high-water mark [A. M. Lea). 



The derm of the prothorax and elytra is normally entirely 

 concealed, but on abrasion is seen to be of a dingy red; the 

 prothorax somewhat darker^ than the elytra. On the under 

 surface of body and of legs many of the scales are of a 

 silvery white, sometimes with a faint greenish or coppery 

 gloss ; but on the upper surface the scales are either 

 uniformly sooty brown or with a feeble admixture of grey. 

 The rostrum appears to have a fine stria on each side, but 

 these are really due to series of confluent punctures. In 

 the male the rostrum is shorter than in the female and some- 

 what clouded at the base, but the sexual differences are not 

 otherwise evident. 



Micraonychus maculatus, sp. n. 



Keddish ; tarsi, funicle, and club black. Densely clothed 

 with soft and mostly white or whitish scales, but on the 

 elytra mostly of a pale brown. 



Length lf-2 mm. 



Hab. Queensland: Brisbane (G. E.Bryant). New South 

 ^Vales : Sydney (//. J. Carter and Taylor Bros.). 



The sculpture is practically identical with that of decipiens, 



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