Ciirciilionidae (Vcim varimis paits uf Australia. 1!)9 



wider than punctures, cand api);iieiitly witli numerous siiiall granules or 

 punctiires. Femora strongly miidentate; front tibiae stroiigly bisimiate; 

 tarsi witli claw Joint very iiidistinct. Leng-th .'5— ;5'/i mm. 



Hab.: Australia (Hamburg Museum and Entomological Society of 

 Berlin); S. Australia, Port Lincoln, Adelaide (ßelgian Museum). 



Readily distinguished from all otlier species of AoUes by tlie median 

 fascia of tlie elytra, of which traces usually remain even on greatly 

 abraded specimens. 



Haploityx Spenceij Gyll. Hab.: (Queensland. Rockhampton; 

 N. S. Wales. Sydney. 



Hapfont/ji- re.stif/ialis, Pasc, Hab.: N. S. AVales, Sydney. 



Haploitijx Kivbi/i, Y\\i>. Hab.: N. S. Wales, Sydney. 



Haplouyx nif/rirostris. Chev. Hab.: Australia. 



Haploujix Srhoiiherrl, BOH. Hab.: Australia. 



Zeoims storeohfes, PASC. Hab.: Australia. 



Siffostirs fasricti Iuris, Pasc. Hab.: Australia. 



Sif/astus Cftsitarinae, n. sp. 



Reddisli-brown, muzzle, club and tibial hooks darker. Densely 

 clotlied with scales. varying from white, througli ochreous and golden 

 brown, to black ; and forming numerous fascicles. 



Eostrum slightly shorter than prothorax, feebly curved, rather 

 Wide; witli dense punctures in irregulär series behind Insertion of antenuie, 

 and causing an appearance as of numerous feeble costse, apical tliird 

 with smaller and not seriate punctures. Prothorax with dense and 

 rather small punctures, feebly tuberculate beneath fascicles. Elytra not 

 much longer than wide; striate-punctate, punctures in Striae apparently 

 rather feeble ; interstices densely punctafe and feebly tuberculate beneath 

 fascicles. Femora strongly dentate; front tibise of male more strongly 

 bisinuate than in female, basal sinus smaller than the other; claws cleft 

 at apex. Length 4V2 — 5 mm. 



Hab.: Queensland, Rockhampton (Hambiu-g Museum); N. S. 

 Wales, Sydney (Belgian Museum), National Park, Blue Mountains 

 (H. J. Caetee); Tasmania, Nubeena (A. M. Lea). 



The scales (apart from those forming the fascicles) are mostly 

 ochreous or golden brown. The white ones (these, however, appear to 

 be easily discoloured) are often in the form of small spots; or, on the 

 prothorax, shoi't oblique stripes. On an occasional specimen however, 

 mosl of the ordinary scales are white; whilst they may be almost absent. 

 The black scales are almost entirely confined to the fascicles. The 

 fascicles (both on the prothorax and elytra) are usually black or brown 

 in the middle, then ochreous or golden brown, and sometimes bordered 

 with white, but occasionally they are entirely of a golden brown. On 



