Lea, Notes on Australian Curculionidae. 5^5 



Hab. — Australia (Entomological Society); S. Australia 

 (Macleay Museum). 



Very close to the preceding species, but with all the appen- 

 dages more or less red. Its clothing is also denser and more 

 uniform (on the elytra it has no trace of a linear arrangement) 

 which will readily distinguish it from the occasional red-legged 

 specimens of that species. 



The rostrum and club are slightly darker than the legs, but 

 they are far from being black. The punctures of both prothorax 

 and elytra are entirely concealed before abrasion. 



256. Tychius Horni n. sp. 



Flavous ; under surface and club variable in colour. Densely 

 €lothed with stout adpressed setae or thin scales, almost lemon- 

 yellow on the upper surface, white on the under. 



Eyes conspicuous. Rostrum stout , feebly curved , slightly 

 shorter than head in male , somewhat longer in female ; basal 

 half clothed in male, basal third only in female. Antennae stout ; 

 ■scape inserted about one third from apex of rostrum ; club almost 

 globular. Prothorax about once and one half as wide as long, 

 «ides gently rounded, base very little wider than apex ; punctures 

 c|uite concealed normally. Scutellum distinct. Elytra not much 

 wider than prothorax almost parallel-sided to beyond the middle, 

 apex widely rounded ; punctures normally concealed ; interstices 

 not separately convex. Legs rather stout ; femora edentate. 

 Length (excluding rostrum) X'^j^ — 1^/3 mm. 



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

 ßeefs, Sydney (A. M. Lea). 



In build very much like minutissimus , but with the derm 

 of the Upper surface flavous, instead of black. The club is 

 usually black , but in the female is sometimes no darker than 

 the rest of the antennae. In the male the metasternum and 

 abdomen are black, but in the female only the metasternum is 

 black, and frequently the whole of the under surface is but 

 slightly darker than the upper. On abrasion the elytra are seen 

 to have small punctures in fine Striae , and the interstices to 

 have very fine punctures. 



268. Haplonyx unidentatus n. sp. 



Black or almost black. Clothed with scales varying from 



Avhite to black, and forming fascicles on prothorax and elytra. 



Rostrum slightly shorter than prothorax, feebly curved; 



with dense and rather strong punctures, feeble at tip and smaller 



towards apex than base, towards the latter somewhat seriate in 



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