Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Australian Curculionidie. 377 



along the suture tinged with yellow ; rostrum robust, a slender 

 somewhat abbreviated carina in front ; antenna slender, the 

 first two joints of the funicle subequal, chib blackish ; pro- 

 thorax transverse, with irregular punctiform impressions at 

 the side, the middle with an oblong shallow depression not 

 punctured ; scutellum narrowly triangular ; elytra rather 

 broadly oval, seriate-punctate, punctures very distinct, the 

 fourth series not extending to the base ; on each elytron three 

 well-marked carinaj, the inner terminating in a sharp spine ; 

 two smaller spines on tlie middle one posteriorly, and a slender 

 acute spine at the shoulder at the commencement of the outer 

 carina. 



In my specimens the carinaj on the elytra are black, due, I 

 think, to the scales being rubbed off. In colour this species 

 resembles L. cicatricosus ; otherwise it has no affinity with 

 that or any other LejHops known to me. 



Leptops gJauca. 



L. ovata, nigra, squamulis pallide glauco-viridescentibus sat dense 

 tecta ; prothorace oblongo ; elytris carinatis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hah. New South Wales (Bungendore). 



Ovate, black, rather closely covered with pale glaucous 

 (inclining to greenish) scales ; rostrum nearly as long as the 

 prothorax, without a median carina, a short nearly obsolete 

 groove on each side ; antennae slender, funicle with all the 

 joints obconic, the first longest, second and third equal ; pro- 

 thorax about equal in length and breadth, slightly contracted 

 at the base, a deep median line not extending to the apex ; 

 scutellum shortly ovate ; elytra moderately convex, each with 

 four carinas covered with paler, or greyish-white, scales, the 

 outer slightly callous at the shoulder ; between the carinse a 

 double row of punctures nearly concealed by the scales ; legs 

 rather slender. 



Tliis species, on account of its simple carinas and colour, 

 may be placed near L. hjpocrita, which has much broader 

 elytra and a transverse protliorax. 



Lepiops puellaris. 



L. oblonga, dense gi-iseo-squamosa ; prothorace elongate, basin ver- 

 sus gradatim attenuate ; elytris valde convesis, breviter ovatis, 

 interstitiis elovatis. Long. 3-3| lin. 



Hah. Queensland (Bathurst). 



Oblong, densely covered with greyish scales ; rostrum 

 stout, subtricarinate in front ; antenna? slender, second and 

 seventh joints of the funicle equal, the first stouter and rather 



