some Australian Ciirculioiiiilae. 4 7.1 



is widely separated fnmi AciilU-s and its allies, it prol)al)ly 

 lias little in coimuon with /i. rastunea ; certainly its cloiliiri;; 

 is very dinVreiit. 'I'lie type is evidently in jjcrfeet condition. 

 On the prothorax the scales are inosily fawn-coloured, hut 

 with white scales lormin-^ a narrow median line, a snl)- 

 trian<,'ular line on each side extendinj^ from the base to near 

 the middle, and an oblique line (not visible from above) on 

 each flank. On the elytra the white scales clothe most of 

 the surface. The fawn-coloured ones arc more thickly com- 

 pacted to«;ether (almost fasciculate), and form an oblicjue 

 fascia from the middle of the second interstice to the 

 seventh, in front of same is an irregular patch, extending 

 from the secoud to the fifth, and more conspicuous about 

 the base of the third tlian elsewhere; towards the apex 

 there are a few feeble spots. The interstices are usually 

 sli;;hily elevated beneath the darker scales. On the under 

 surface and legs the scales arc almost entirely white ; ou the 

 head the two colours arc feebly mixed, 



P/il(eoglijmiiia alternans, Pasc. Illawarra. 



P. (iorsalis, Pasc. Illawarra. 



Aiistrectopsis ublongus. Lea. Kuranda. 



Achopera lachrymosa, Pasc. Canning Ranges, Melbourne. 



A. .ranthorrhceee, Lea. Mundaring. 



Pseudapries corticalis, Lea. Kuranda. 



Ephrycus oblifjuus, Pasc. Kuranda. 



Pseudometyrus tenuis, Lea. Illawarra. 



Euthyrrhinus meditabundus. Fab. Kuranda. 



Odosyllis cruciyera, Pasc, var. fascotrianyularis, Lea. 

 Kuranda. 



Metacymia marmorea, Pasc. !Mundariug. 



Hyperiosoma falcatum, Lea. Kuranda. 



CnmptoiThiniis dorsalis, Boi. Tweed River. 



B A K I D I I n E s. 

 Boris npicinivea, sp. n. 



Pdack, highly polished. A thin stripe of white scales on 

 each side of front of prothorax, a conspicuous s])ot en each 

 side near apex of elytra, and some feeble spots at sides of 



eves and of abdomen. 



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