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Queensland, which I cannot distinguish, except by their dark 

 underpart, from others from Swan River ; the female in the 

 former, however, has a much shorter rostrum. 



Apion pulicare. 



A. rufescens, leviter griseo-pubescens ; rostro valido, sat fortiter 

 arcuato, prothorace multo breviore ; antennis basin versus rostri 

 insertis; oculis nigris, ampliatis ; prothorace subtransverso, basi 

 fortiter bisinuato ; scutello conspicuo ; elytris basi prothorace 

 multo latioribus, punctato-sulcatis, interstitiis latis convexis ; 

 coxis intermediis approximatis ; unguiculis nigris. Long. 1 lin. 



Hob. Swan River. 



A stouter species than the preceding, with a proportionally- 

 stouter as well as shorter rostrum. 



Apion argutulum. 



A. nitide atrum ; capite elongato, inter oculos bisulcato, collo laivi- 

 gato ; rostro prothorace fere duplo longiore, modice arcuato, sub- 

 punctato, apicem versus subulato ; antennis pone medium rostri 

 insertis ; oculis modice ampliatis ; prothorace cylindrico, sparse 

 punctato, latitudine longiore ; scutello elongato ; elytris brevibus, 

 pone medium prothorace duplo latioribus, pimctato-sulcatis, 

 sulcis basin versus approximatis, interstitiis modice convexis, 

 fere obsolete punctulatis, humeris prominulis ; pedibus elongatis. 

 Long. 1 lin. 



Hah. Queensland. 



In habit like A. nigritarsis^ but, inter alia^ with more 

 globose elytra and stouter legs. Of this cosmopolitan genus 

 of between 300 and 400 species the above are the only species 

 hitherto described from Australia. 



Auletes Jilirostris. 



A. testaceus vel lutescens, sparse albo-pubescens ; capite prothorace- 

 que rude punctatis ; rostro tenuato, elongato, apicem versus 

 crassiore ; antennis longis, prope basin rostri insertis ; clava nigra ; 

 prothorace capite latiore, utrinque fortiter rotundato, apice 

 quam basi manifesto angustiore ; scutello nitido ; elytris modice 

 elongatis, tenuiter punctatis, pone scutellum transverse leviter 

 impressis ; pedibus sparse setulosis. Long. 1| hn. 



Hah. Albany. 



A well-marked species ; the rostrum, nearly twice as long 

 as the prothorax, far exceeds that of any other species. 



