382 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Australian GurcuUonidce. 



This species is rather closely covered with redJish-ochraceous 

 scales, except where they form the tiiic white patch on the 

 elytra. 



Ortliorhinus posticus. 



0. oblongo-ovatus, piceus, squamulis albidis sparse irroratus, postice, 

 seutello pedibusque ochraceo-squamosis ; aateiinia forrugineis, 

 articulo primo funiculi elougato ; rostro breviusculo. Long. 

 2|-3| lin. 



Hab. Queensland (Wide Bay). 



Oblong ovate, pitchy, speckled above with small whitisli 

 scales, the posterior third of the elytra closely covered with 

 ochreous or buff-coloured scales; rostrum short; antennss 

 ferruginous, the lirst joint of the funicle as long as the three 

 next together ; prothorax transverse, finely granulate ; scutel- 

 lum scutiform, densely covered with ochreous scales ; elytra 

 not broader than the prothorax at the base, striate, the inner 

 striffi with obsolete, the outer with foveiform approximate 

 punctures, interstices with a raised line of small tubercles ; 

 body beneath and legs covered with ochreous scales. 



Allied to 0. variegatus^ but differently coloured and with 

 a shorter rostrum ; one of my specimens has the prothorax 

 bordered with ochreous scales. 



Nemestra vihrata. 



N. Bubelliptica, fusca, sfjuamulis oebraceis albisquo maculas forman- 

 tibus vestita ; fuuiculo elongato ; clytris striatis, interstitiis leviter 

 grauulatis. Long. 3^ lin. 



Hal. Swan River. 



Subelliptic, brown, with irregular patches of ochraceous and 

 whitish or silvery scales, the latter more condensed, but vary- 

 ing with the individual ; rostrum as long as the prothorax ; 

 antennae ferruginous, funicle elongate, the first joint as long 

 as the next two together, the remainder subequal ; prothorax 

 not longer than broad, slightly granulose, a white or silvery- 

 stripe in the middle ; scutellum punctiform, covered with white 

 scales ; elytra elongate-cordate, the shoulders obliquely pro- 

 duced, striate, interstices with a line of distant almost obso- 

 lete granules ; body beneath closely covered with silvery or 

 opalescent scales ; claw-joint ferruginous. 



A stouter species than N. incerta, with a longer funicle, the 

 upper parts less granulose, the elytra shorter comparatively 

 and broader at the base. The genus may be distinguished by 

 its quadrangular rostrum {i. e. in transverse section). It is 

 allied to Aoplocnemis^ Schonh. 



