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differs in being broader, antennae somewhat shorter and 

 stouter, eyes more projecting, rostrum stouter, prothorax 

 shorter with more rounded sides, and the clothing somewhat 

 different. 



The white scales are not so dense as to conceal the derm, 

 in consequence of which the whole insect has a somewhat 

 greyish appearance. Many of them (especially along the 

 suture) have a golden gloss. The darker elytral spots are 

 nowhere sharply defined or large. The elytral setae are much 

 less erect than usual ; on some specimens most of them are 

 whitish, on others they are mostly dark. The basal segment 

 of the abdomen is more concave in the male than usual. 



Merimnetes viridis, n. sp. 



Black, appendages red. Densely clothed with green or 

 greenish-grey scales, frequently with a golden gloss. In addi- 

 tion with short, semi-decumbent setae. 



Rostrum with a narrowly impressed and usually concealed 

 median line. Antennae thinner than usual : first joint of 

 funicle slightly but distinctly longer than second and third 

 combined. Prothorax granulate-punctate or feebly vermicu- 

 late. Elytra ovate : with regular rows of large, partially- 

 concealed punctures ; interstices regularly convex. Length, 

 4|-5i mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Mount Kosciusko (R. Helms 

 and W. E. Raymond). 



In size and structure almost identical with oblongus y 

 but the clothing more or less metallic, instead of a dingy, 

 feebly- mottled grey. A specimen from the Victorian Alps 

 was given to me by Mr. Blackburn as M. uniformis, Boh. (?). 

 It, however, has both legs and antennae reddish, and is less 

 than half the size of Otiorhynchus mucus (a species with which 

 Boheman compared uniformis). 



Apparently a common species. The bulk of the scales 

 are green, and frequently with a metallic gloss ; many singly- 

 scattered scales are -decidedly golden. One specimen has the 

 whole of the scales golden. With most species of the genus 

 the rostrum is carinated, although to see the carinae it is some- 

 times necessary to remove the scales ; but in the present species 

 the carinse are entirely absent. 



Merimnetes celmisle, n. sp. 



Black, antennae (except club and tip of scajje) red. Mod- 

 erately densely clothed with brilliant metallic scales, varying 

 from golden-green to purplish-blue. In addition with very 

 short setae. 



