the Australian Ciirculionidse. 91 



spared it to me from his private collection. There are two 

 more examples in the British Musevim. 



Leptops iUacus. 

 L. obovatus, niger, omnino dense griseo-squamosus ; rostro sat ro* 

 busto, quam capite diiplo longiore, in medio late subsulcato ; 

 an tennis squamosis, funiculo art. secundo qiiani primo paulo 

 longiore ; oculis late ovatis, infra rotundatis ; protborace sub- 

 cylindrico, longitudine latitudini sequali, supra rugoso, in medio 

 obsolete carinato ; scutello distincto, rotundato ; elytris breviter 

 obovatis, postice sensim latioribus, magis convexis et subito 

 declivibus, striato-punctatis, punctis parvis vix approximates, in- 

 terstitiis tertio quintoque elevatis, siibtuberculatis, tuberculo ul- 

 timo majusculo desinente, lateribus verticalibus albidis, apice 

 rotundato ; pedibus squamis elongatis dispersis. Long. 5-6 lin. 



Hah. Cape York. 



LikeZ. squalidus^ but the rostrum is differently sculptured. 

 The form of the eye is somewhat opposed to Lacordaire's 

 definition of Leptops^ as it is in some other species ; but that 

 character in this genus seems to be only of specific value. 



Leptops cicatricosus, 



L. obovatus, niger, squamulis sordide argenteis ubique densissime 

 vestitus, squaniisque majoribus elongatis silaceis vage adspersis ; 

 rostro robusto, in medio sulcato, sulcis lateralibus distinctis, scro- 

 bibus arcuatis ab oculis remote desinentibus ; antennis dense 

 squamosis, clava nigricante ; oculis angustis, infra rotundatis ; 

 protborace subcylindrico longitudine latitudini sequali, supra sub- 

 transversim crebre tuberculato, longitudinaliter sulcato, in medio 

 sulci carinula abbreviata nigra nitida notato ; scutello distincto, 

 oblongo ; elytris breviter ovatis, postice sensim latioribus et 

 subito declivibus, seriatim punctatis, punctis parvis, remotis, 

 interstitiis tertio septimoque tuberculatis, tuberculo ultimo pone 

 medium majusculo, parte declivi baud tuberculato ; tibiis sparse 

 pilosis. Long. 5| lin. 



Hob. Queensland. 



In colour like L. davus, Enc, but readily distinguished by 

 the glossy black ridge in the groove on the prothorax. 



Leptops ovalipenms, 



L. ovatus, niger, griseo fuscoque squamosus ; capite rostroque 

 rugoso-squamosis, hoc valido, apicem versus vix incrassato, supra 

 bisulcato ; scrobibus arcuatis, ad oculos approximatis ; protborace 

 transverse, pone apicem utrinque fere parallelo, in medio sulcis 

 duobus transversis tenuiter impresso, ad latera rugoso-punctato ; 

 scutello perparvulo, distincto ; elytris ovalibus, paulo ampliatis, 

 baud nodosis, substriato-punetatis, singulatira lineis quatuor parum 



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