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numerous but sometimes concealed punctures. Rostrum of 

 male the length of prothorax, of female distinctly longer, 

 feebly curved, feebly decreasing in width from base to apex : 

 basal third of male with fairly distinct punctures, basal 

 fourth only in female. Antennae inserted about one- third 

 from base of rostrum. Prothorax moderately transverse, 

 sides obliquely increasing in width from apex to base ; with 

 numerous rather small punctures. Elytra subcordate, about 

 twice as long as width at base : distinctly striated, punctures 

 in striae distinct and fairly regular. Length, 2 mm. 



Hob. — Queensland (Taylor Bros.), Chillagoe (Ii. Hacker). 



In my table would be placed with pudicum, from which 

 it differs in the uneven distribution of its clothing and by 

 the very different shape of the .elytra. In pudicum these are 

 widest distinctly behind the middle ; in the present species 

 they are widest before the middle. 



The snowy clothing appears to be readily abraded, especi- 

 ally on the upper surface. 



APION SUB0P*ACUM, 11. sp. 



Black subopaque, some parts sometimes dull-red. Rather 

 sparsely but almost regularly clothed with white pubescence, 

 except that it is denser on side pieces of mesosternum and 

 usually about scutellum than elsewhere. 



Head very shallowly impressed between eyes. Rostrum 

 moderately thin, rather lightly curved, in male about once 

 and one-fourth the length of prothorax, in female once and 

 one-half, with distinct punctures in regular series on the 

 sides, smaller and sparser elsewhere. Antennae inserted about 

 one-fourth from base of rostrum. Prothorax moderately 

 transverse, sides moderately rounded ; with numerous rather 

 distinct punctures ; with a rather shallow, sub-basal foveate 

 impression. Elytra about once and one-half as long as wide ; 

 strongly striated, punctures in striae suboblong ; interstices 

 about as wide as striae, with small dense punctures. Length, 

 1J-2 mm. 



Nab. — Queensland (Taylor Bros.), Chillagoe (H. Hacker), 

 Cairns. 



The head appears to have two feeble grooves between 

 the eyes, but they are sometimes so feeble that they would 

 best, perhaps, be regarded as absent. But whether the species 

 is regarded as associated with terra- regince or pudicum, it is 

 abundantly distinct from either, and in fact from all described 

 Australian species with black legs, by its strong elytral 

 striation, with strong punctures in the striae. 



A few of the specimens before me have the legs, an- 

 tennae, and part of the rostrum (sometimes even the prothorax 



