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brown along middle of prothorax and elytra. Each prothor- 
acic puncture with a seta not rising to the general level; each 
interstice of elytra with a regular (but very indistinct) row 
of sete ; under surface with slightly recurved sete. 
Head densely punctate, punctures themselves concealed, 
but traceable through clothing. Sides of rostrum between 
antenne inwardly oblique to base. Funicle with first joint 
much stouter than and as long as second and third com- 
bined. — Prothoraz as long as or slightly longer than wide, 
sides moderately rounded and slightly the widest at about 
one-third from base, with crowded, moderately large, and 
deep punctures, each of which is traceable through clothing. 
Scutellum distinct. Elytra distinctly wider than prothorax, 
base truncate, sides scarcely visibly increasing in width to 
apical third; punctate-striate, strie deep, but only mode 
rately traceable through clothing, the punctures entirely 
concealed ; interstices regular, flattened. Anterior coxæ sepa- 
rated ;* tibie dilating to apex, the anterior straight above 
and feebly bisinuate beneath. Length, male 14, female 
24 mm. 
Hab.—Sydney. 
Apparently close to nana (from 8. Australia), but the 
clothing of that species apears to be uniform, whilst of the 
hundreds of specimens I have seen of this weevil the pro- 
thorax and elytra, especially in the males, are distinctly 
mottled. The colour of the derm can only be seen after the 
scales have been abraded. The size is remarkably constant 
I have not been able to find the least variation in size in the 
males, and the variation in the females is scarcely one-sixth 
of a millimetre. The species may be obtained abundantly 
in spring on the flowers of Hriostemon lanceolatus. 
EUTINOPHÆA FALCATA, n. Sp. 
Colour varying from a pale to a dark brownish red; legs 
and antenne pale red. Moderately densely clothed with 
pale yellowish scales, the elytra variegated in middle and 
towards base with chocolate-brown scales; under surface with 
pale scales, usually with a greenish tinge. Prothorax with 
small sete in punctures scarcely rising to the general level; 
elytra with stout, depressed setæ. 
lead not very densely punctate, punctures not very dis- 
tinct through clothing. Eyes very prominent. Sides of 
rostrum between antennæ strongly and inwardly oblique to 
base. Funicle with first joint considerably stouter than 
* Mr. Blackburn, P.L.S., N.S.W., 1898, p. 255, notes the an- 
terior cox of E. nana as being contiguous, a character not men- 
tioned by Mr. Pascoe. 
