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are four very feeble fascicles of dark scales across middle and 

 two at apex. On the elytra most of the scales are greyish, but 

 with obscure sooty spots, and a vague, sooty, median fascia, 

 sometimes broken up into spots. The stout scales are fre- 

 quently of a snowy whiteness, but the majority are sooty. On 

 the head, except in front, the scales are mostly sooty. 



ACHOPERA BIFASCTATA, n. Sp. 



d" . Reddish - brown, in parts somewhat obscured ; 

 antennae and tarsi red. Densely clothed with greyish scales, 

 variegated with paler and darker ones ; with some stout sub- 

 erect scales scattered about, but not forming fascicles. 



?Icad with dense, round, concealed punctures. Rostrum 

 rather short and wide ; punctures concealed throughout. 

 Scape inserted slightly nearer base than apex of rostrum. 

 Prothorax lightly transverse, feebly convex ; with dense, 

 round, concealed punctures. Elytra about one-fourth wider 

 than prothorax, parallel-sided to near apex ; with rows of 

 large, almost, or quite, concealed punctures; striation distinct 

 through clothing. Under-surface with dense concealed punc- 

 tures. Basal segment of abdomen widely and feebly concave 

 in middle. Length, 3-3^ mm. 



9 . Differs in having rostrum slightly longer, apical half 

 with sparser clothing, so that some of the punctures are visible ; 

 scape inserted distinctly nearer the base of rostrum, and basal 

 segment of abdomen gently convex throughout. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns district (A. M. Lea). Type, 

 I. 1534. 



In general appearance fairly close to maculata, but 

 smaller, and elytra bifasciate. On the type male the scales on 

 the under-surface and legs are almost white, but each femur 

 has a more or less distinct sooty patch. On the upper-surface 

 most of the scales are of a light slaty-grey. On the elytra there 

 are two distinct and somewhat curved, or oblique, pale fasciae : 

 one across basal third, rendered more distinct by some sooty 

 spots about it ; and one across summit of posterior declivity. 

 On each side the former terminates on the shoulder and the 

 latter at the middle. The prothorax has a medio-basal obscure 

 spot, and about the middle a few small pale ones. On the 

 female the scales are less distinctly variegated, most of them 

 being of a darker slaty-grey than on the male, and the fasciae 

 are ill-defined, although traceable. 



ACHOPEEA PARVA, n. Sp. 



Reddish - brown : antennae and tarsi paler. Densely 

 clothed with greyish scales, variegated with patches of darker 

 ones : with stout suberect scales scattered about. 



