Lea, Notes on Australian Ciircu/ionidae. 167 



raised above their fellows , with the sinuated portion more pro- 

 nounced and the interstices there (the third and fifth , l^ut 

 especially the fourth) subtuberculate. 



On one specimen most of the scales are white with a light 

 blue tinge, but with several distinct brown spots on the elytra ; 

 and the middle of the prothorax brownish. But the others are 

 more soberly clad ; two of them , however , have a distinct dark 

 spot on the middle of the prothorax, the spot bounded by paler 

 scales and marked at the middle of its base by paler scales ; on 

 another the brownish spot is just traceable , and the scales at 

 its sides are of the ordinary colour. The femora are very in- 

 distinctly annulated. Before abrasion the rostrum appears to be 

 entirely without a median carina. 



{cy p s no die Ollis n. sp. 



Black. Rather sparsely (except on the antennae and legs 

 where they are dense) clothed with thin whitish setae. 



Head with dense but more or less concealed punctures ; 

 inter-ocular fovea wide and deep. Rostrum about once and one 

 third as long as greatest width ; with three shining and con- 

 spicuous carinae, which* are conjoined at inter-ocular fovea ; with 

 four grooves of which those between the carinae are more distinct 

 than the others. Prothorax with dense and very coarse punctures; 

 with a large rough tuber cle on each side of middle , and with 

 a strong but not continuous median carina. Elytra with rows 

 of coarse subquadrate punctures , becoming smaller posteriorly ; 

 interstices feebly raised in places but not where the punctures 

 are largest ; third with an elongated tubercle near base , fourth 

 with a feeble one just behind that on third ; Shoulders tuber- 

 culate ; preapical callus conical and very distinct ; with numerous 

 granules scattered about towards base sides and apex, but sparse 

 in middle. Intercoxal process of mesosternum very acute. 

 Tibiae apparently not denticulate. Length (excluding rostrum) 

 14 — 15f/o mm. 



Hab. — N. Queensland (Entomological Society of Berlin), 

 Brisbane (R. Illidge). 



Readily distinguished from all the other large species of the 

 genus by the two conspicuous prothoracic tubercles. Two of the 

 specimens before me are densely and irregularly clothed in places 

 with an ochreous meal. In fresh specimens this is probably uni- 

 formly distributed. 



A' y op s amplip ennis n. sp. 

 Black. Rather sparsely (except on parts of head, on antennae 

 and legs where they are dense) clothed with thin whitish setae. 



