DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONIDÆ, WITH 
NoTES ON PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED SPECIES. 
By ARTHUR M. LEA. 
PART ID 
[Read October 27, 1903.] 
SUB-FAMILY BRACHYDERIDES. 
EvAS ELLIPTICA, n. Sp. 
Densely clothed with small, round scales, entirely conceal- 
ing the colour of the derm, those on the upper surface more 
or less metallic coppery ; sides, from apex of rostrum, almost 
(or quite) to apex of elytra, and the under surface, with 
white scales, with a silvery (sometimes with a faint purplisn 
or coppery) gloss; legs with scales as on upper surface, more 
or less mingled with white; base of femora with white scales. 
Eyes completely and narrowly ringed with white scales. — In 
addition to the scales, clothed with stout, erect, white setze; 
tibie fringed beneath with long, thin hair. 
Head with a marrow, longitudinal impression between 
eyes. Rostrum transversely impressed on each side at base, 
with a feeble median carina. — Prothorax (by measurement) 
slightly longer than wide, but apparently the reverse, sides 
gently rounded, apex very slightly narrower than base; with 
large, round, shallow punctures, distinctly traceable through 
clothing; without ocular lobes. ^ Z/yfra elliptic-ovate, apex 
notched, at base no wider than prothorax, shoulders absent, 
widest at about one-third from base; seriate-punctate, punc- 
tures moderately large and subquadrate, moderately dis- 
tinct through clothing; interstices not or scarcely visibly 
raised. All the tibie with small and acute teeth, but those 
of the posterior scarcely noticeable. Length 64, width 
24 mm. 
Hab.—W.A.: Darling Ranges. 
The shape is very different to shat of the other Western 
Australian species. The white scales at the sides of the 
elytra do not usually touch the extreme margins; the eyes 
have a spectacled appearance. On one specimen the pro- 
thoracie scales have a decided greenish gloss. The elytral 
sete are placed in regular single rows: seen from in front or 
from above they appear decidedly white and in rather strong 
contrast to the scales; from the sides or behind they appear 
to be almost black, and are much less distinct. 
2% Part I. was published in Vol. xxiii., 011811 
