Apion agonis, Lea. 

 The elytra of most specimens of this species have a very 

 faint greenish gloss. 



Apion amabile, Lea. 

 The types of this species have the antennae of a rather 

 dark-reddish-brown. 



Apion ^mulum. Lea. 



Four specimens from Chillagoe (Queensland) appear to 

 belong to this species, but they differ from the type (which 

 apjDears to be somewhat abraded) in having the clothing more 

 uniformly covering the surface, so that the prothoracic punc- 

 tures are normally quite concealed and the elytral punctures 

 almost so. In the type the club is black and the rest of the 

 antenna? of a rather dark-red. In the Chillagoe specimens the 

 club is also black, but the other joints of the antennae are 

 reddish-flavous. 



Apion inornatum, n. sp. 



Black, shining, glabrous. 



Head with two shallow grooves between eyes. Rostrum 

 moderately curved, about once and one-half the length of 

 prothorax : very feebly and gradually decreasing in width ; 

 with sparse indistinct punctures. Antennae inserted about 

 two-fifths from base of rostrum. Prothorax about once and 

 one-fourth as wide as long, sides rather suddenly constricted 

 close to apex and then oblique to base, base much wider than 

 apex ; with small and rather numerous shallow punctures, 

 causing the derm to appear slightly granulated. Elytra sub- 

 cordate, about one-fourth wider than long : distinctly striated, 

 with rather shallow punctures in the striae : interstices feebly 

 convex. Length, 2\ mm/ 6 ) 



71 ah. — New South Wales: Macleay River (R. Helms). 



A short robust species, in build resembling agonis (with 

 which it would be placed in the table previously given by me), 

 but with the prothorax decidedly narrowed just behind apex, 

 and the rostrum with much finer punctures. 



Apion tenuistriatum, n. sp. 



Black, shining, glabrous. 



Bead with a shallow but distinct depression between 

 eyes : behind depression with distinct punctures, absent from 

 rest of head. Rostrum almost straight, wide and almost 

 parallel-sided, slightly longer than prothorax: with small and 



(6) In previous descriptions of species of Apion I included the 

 rostrum in each length given, hut in this and all the following 

 species the length is exclusive of the rostrum. 



