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rostrum is rather more than twice the length of the pro- 

 thorax, instead of "nearly twice as long." but this may be 

 due to its being a female and the type a male. 



AULETES NIGRITARSIS, PaSC. 



I have seen no specimens that agree exactly with the 

 description of this species; aterrimus and imitator have the 

 legs entirely black. The dark varieties of inconstans have the 

 hind femora and tibiae partly dark and the rostrum straight. 



Auletes minor, Lea. 

 Since the type of this species was described I have seen 

 numerous other specimens (from Ourimbah and Gosford), and 

 most of these are entirely black, or with a very faint purplish 

 gloss on the elytra. 



Auletes Melaleuca, Lea. 

 I was in error in recording this species from Tasmania. 

 There is a very closely-allied species, which caused me to make 

 the mistake : it is described below as decipiens. 



Auletes punctipennis, n. sp. 



Flavous or reddish-flavous ; tip of rostrum, club, and 

 claw- joints more or less black. Moderately densely clothed 

 with white pubescence. 



Head with dense punctures. Rostrum almost straight, 

 about once and one-fourth the length of prothorax, sides 

 feebly incurved to middle : with a row of feeble punctures on 

 each side. Antennae inserted about one-fourth from base of 

 rostrum, second joint longer than first and third. Prothorax 

 not much wider than long, sides moderately rounded in 

 middle, base very little wider than apex : with dense and 

 rather small punctures. Elytra comparatively long, parallel- 

 sided to near apex ; with numerous and comparatively regular 

 rows of punctures, rather larger than on prothorax, and 

 almost as distinct at sides and apex as elsewhere. Length 

 (excluding rostrum), 2.^-3 mm. 



Hah. — Tasmania: Frankford, Bruni Island (A. M. Lea) ; 

 Victoria : Bullarook Forest (C. French) ; New South Wales : 

 Illawarra (George Compere). 



The club is sometimes infuscate only, whilst occasionally 

 its basal joint is scarcely paler than the rest of the antennae. 

 Two specimens are feebly infuscated between the eyes. The 

 pubescence on some specimens is almost of a snowy whiteness, 

 but it is liable to abrasion. In general appearance close to 

 the species I have identified as filirostris, but the second joint 



