518 Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1910. 



are actually wider than long ; nowhere (except on parts of the 

 rostrum and of the legs) are they at all setose in character, 



The outline is much as in cionoides , sexvittatus and cioni- 

 formis , but the rostrum is very much shorter , and the scales 

 are different to those of any other species known to me. The 

 tooth on each of the femora is also rather peculiar, being placed 

 almost in its exact middle, and appearing to rise suddenly from 

 an unprepared surface. In other species the femur on each side 

 of the tooth appears to be slightly ridged, with the tooth accen- 

 tuating the ridge. 



271. Haplony a; (A oll es) longirostris n. sp. 



Of a rather light reddish brown , muzzle and tibial hooks 

 almost black. Densely clothed with large soft scales , white or 

 whitish on the under surface and legs ; reddish brown, but varie- 

 gated with black and ochreous, on the upper surface. 



Rostrum comparatively thin , almost straight , almost twice 

 the length of prothorax ; with dense punctures , small at apex, 

 but becoming larger and seriate in arrangement towards base, 

 base with feeble costae. Antennae thin, inserted slightly nearer 

 base than apex of rostrum , first Joint of funicle the length of 

 five following combined. Prothorax fully thrice as wide as long, 

 punctures concealed, apex feebly incurved to middle. Elytra very 

 little wider than prothorax, distinctly longer than wide, parallel- 

 sided to about the middle ; with very indistinct rows of small 

 punctures, in very feeble striae only near base. Femora strongly 

 unidentate ; front tibiae strongly bisinuate; tarsi with claw Joint 

 scarcely traceable. Length 3 — S^/g mm. 



Hab. — Australia (Entomological Society of Berlin) ; West 

 Australia : Swan River (A. M. Lea). 



The ochreous scales on the upper surface are more noticeable 

 at the sides than elsewhere, but (on the three specimens before 

 me) are nowhere sharply defined. The black scales on the head 

 of one specimen enclose two small reddish brown spots of scales, 

 but on the others are irregularly scattered. On the prothorax 

 they are scattered singly , except that they are somewhat Con- 

 densed along the middle. On the elytra they are scattered singly 

 or in feeble lines , but on one specimen , in addition , they form 

 two distinct but irregulär spots on each side, one at about the 

 basal third and a somewhat smaller one near the apex. 



The almost complete absence of elytral striation , long 

 rostrum and long basal Joint of funicle render this species re- 

 markably distinct ; in general appearance it is something like 

 rubiginosus, Pasc. 



