Deutsch. Eni Zeitschr. 1910. 5Q5 



Notes on Anstralian CurcuUonidae 



in the Collection of the German Entomological National 



Museum of Berlin. (Col.) 



By Arthur M. Lea, Hobart (Tasmania). 



(Fortsetzung.) 



Cleonides, 



Li XUS t er min all s n. sp. 



Black , antennae and legs more or less red. Clothed with 

 white pubescence, denser on some parts than others. 



Rostrum distinctly curved, about the length of front tibiae ; 

 punctures normally concealed. Second Joint of funicle very 

 distinctly longer than first. Prothorax moderately transverse, 

 sides gently rounded and strongly decreasing in width to apex ; 

 with dense , large , round , deep punctures ; the interspaces with 

 numerous small punctures. Elytra strongly diminishing in width 

 to apex , which is obtusely notched , scutellar region depressed ; 

 with rows of rather large, suboblong punctures, becoming smaller 

 posteriorly ; interstices with small dense punctures , the third 

 rather strongly raised and granulate at base. Tibiae minutely 

 granulate on lower surface. Length 9Vo — 10 mm. 



Hab. — N. S. Wales (Entomological Society) ; Queensland : 

 Cairns (Macleay Museum and E. Allen). 



In structure closer to albilineatus than to any other species 

 known to me , but the prothorax wider at the base , the elytra 

 wider at the base, rapidly narrowed to the apex and their clothing 

 different. The second Joint of the funicle is also longer, although 

 its comparative length with the first is much the same. In 

 Mastersi and several other species the first is longer than the 

 second. 



There appears to be usually a distinct narrow median line 

 of white pubescence on the prothorax, and a wider line on each 

 side. On the elytra the spots and stripes are very short and 

 irregularly distributed , giving the surface a somewhat speckled 

 appearance. One specimen in the Macleay Museum is covered 

 with an ochreous meal, and probably this is the normal condition 

 of living specimens. 



188. Aoplocnemis armipennis n. sp. 

 Reddish brown , antennae and tibiae paler. Densely l)ut 

 somewhat irregularly clothed with whitish scales, in places stainrd 

 with ochreous. 



