482 - MR. F. p. PASOOE OJT THE CUEOULIONID^. 



matis ; prothorace subcylindrico, antice angustiore et paulo constricto, 

 granuloso-punctato ; scutello rotundato j elytris subcuneatis, striatira 

 punctatiSj interstitio tertio antice paulo elevato, albido-squamulosis, 

 basi utrinque plaga denudata fusco-testacea, profunde foveata, notatis ; 

 infra dense, pedibus sparse albido-squamulosis; antennis testaeeis> 

 Long. 4 lin. 

 Hab. Queensland (Rockhampton). 



This pretty little speeiea, which has more the appearance of a 

 Gonipterus, may be easily distinguished by its comparatively elon- 

 gate rostrum, and elytra gradually narrowing from the base. The 

 greater density of the scales, which might almost be called hairs, 

 forms a well-marked broad white arched band across the middle 

 of the elytra. The mesosternal process is rather stout, but is 

 not much produced. 



OxYOPS ARCTATUS. O. anguste ovalis, nigro-piceus, squamulis elou- 



gatis albidis sat dense tectus ; rostro brevi, lato, glabrato, subnitido ; 



prothorace subconico, utrinque modice rotundato, supra regulariter 



convexoj scutello scutiformi; elytris angusto-obovatis, prothorace 



' ; paulo latioribus, supra cequaliter convexis, seriatim punctatis, punctis 



squamulis fere occultis, interstitiis baud elevatis ; corpore infra pedi- 



. busque sat dense albido-squamulosis ; antennis piceis, squamulosis. 



' ' Long. 2^ lin. 



Hah. Australia (Adelaide). 



A degraded form of Oxyops, although preserving the technical 

 characters of the genus, except that the posthumeral tubercle 

 is quite obsolete. 



. Mecysmoderes consularis. M. niger, squamulis grisescentibus 

 interrupte vestitus ; capite inter oculos excavato ; rostro nudo, pallida 

 ferrugineo, nitido, subtilissime punctulato; prothorace, cum capite, 

 squamulis elongatis tecto, antice utrinque excavato, supra versus api- 

 cem planato, later ibus postice rotimdato, spina lobi mediani apice 

 fulva ; elytris latissimis, striato-punctatis, striis inter puncta squamo- 

 sis, pone humeros plaga obliqua nuda lateral! aliisque indeterminatis 

 apicem versus notatis; corpore infra femoribusque sat dense squamo- 

 sis ; ^tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis, minus dense squamosis ; antennis 

 pallide ferrugineis, clava griseo-pubescente. Long. 2 lin. 

 Hab. Formosa. 

 This species was obtained from a small collection made by Mr. 



Swinhoe, and is probably the oiie from Hong Kong alluded to by 



M. Lacordairo. Mr. Wallace found several other species in the 



Malayan archipelago. 



