the Australian Curculionidse. 01 



Myossita suhlineata. 



M. oblonga, depressiuscula, fulvescens, leviter albo-pilosa ; capite 

 inter oeulos postice impresso ; rostro prothorace breviore, apicom 

 versus parura latiore ; prothorace longitudine latitudini sequali, 

 utrinque niodice rotundato, tenuiter punctulato ; elytris sub- 

 parallelis, striato-punctatis, punctis distinctis, approximatis, inter- 

 stitiis alternis perparum elevatis ; geniculis infuscatis. Long. 

 2| lin. 



Hab. Albany. 



Like M. tabida, but narrower, the rostrum less dilated 

 towards the apex, the elytra more parallel at the sides, and 

 the alternate interstices very slightly elevated, the other inter- 

 stices more hairy, so as to give the elytra a somewhat striped 

 appearance. 



Euops pulchella. 



E. gracilis; capite prothoraceque ameo-fulvis, irregulariter punctatis ; 

 oculis nigris, approximatis ; antennis fulvis, clava articulis praece- 

 dentibus conjunctim longitudine sequali ; scutello seneo ; elytris 

 nitide fulvis, regioue suturali aeneis, basi apiceque infuscatis, 

 fortiter striato-punctatis ; corpore infra fulvo, metasterno fusco ; 

 pedibus fulvis. Loug. 1| lin. 



Hab. Port Bo wen. 



A very distinct species. The head and prothorax together 

 are nearly as long as the elytra ,• the eyes are large and frontal, 

 but not contiguous. 



Orchestes perjpusillus. 



0. obovatus, niger, opacus ; rostro prothorace breviore ; antennis 

 articulis duobus basalibus ampliatis, flavis, ca3teris clavaque 

 nigris ; prothorace transverso, utriuque rotundato, tenuiter sat 

 confertim punctato ; elytris amplis, postice latioribus, striato- 

 punctatis, punctis approximatis, interstitiis convexis ; pedibus 

 breviusculis, femoribus tibiisque anticis incrassatis. Long. 1 lin. 



Hab. Champion Bay. 



Like 0. saliceti, but rather larger and less convex, with a 

 broader prothorax, and shorter and stouter legs, especially of 

 the anterior pair. The species of Orchestes have hitherto been 

 supposed to be confined to the northern hemisphere. 



Nanophyes maurus. 



N. obovatus, niger, nitidus, tenuiter albo-pubescens ; rostro pro- 

 thorace paulo longiore, basi sulcato ; scapo articuloque primo 

 funiculi flavidis, caoteris clavaque nigris ; prothorace transversim 

 conico, subtiliter punctato ; elytris subcordatis, striato-punctatis, 



