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that the distance separating them is slightly greater than the 

 distance between them and the tip of the muzzle. In the 

 female the rostrum is thinner, more noticeably but not 

 strongly curved, about one-fourth longer, and the distance 

 between the antennae is scarcely more than half that between 

 them and the tip of the muzzle. The basal segment of the 

 abdomen of the male is moderately concave, and the second 

 is flat in the middle; in the female the basal segment is 

 gently convex in the middle, and the second decidedly 

 convex. 



Cyrotyphus fascicularis, Pasc. 



A specimen from Coolgardie differs from the normal form 

 of this species in being considerably larger (17 x 7 mm.), 

 fascicles on the elytra more numerous (there are nine small 

 ones on each side of the suture), the transverse series of four 

 tubercles on the pronotum larger, and the apex with two 

 fairly large ones (on the normal form these are represented 

 by slight ridges). 



Ctenaphides maculatus, Pasc. (formerly Eurhynchus). 

 C. gymnostictus, Lea. 

 Mr. Arrow sent a female of Eurhynchus maculatus for 

 examination, marked as having been compared with the type. 

 It is the species I subsequently named C. gymnostictus. 

 Pascoe's description is somewhat misleading, as the club was 

 given as black and the elytral interstices as having piceous 

 spots; the elytra certainly have a spotted appearance, but 

 this is due to small glabrous spaces, these being exactly the 

 same colour as the rest of the derm. The scutellum was 

 described as triangular ; as a matter of fact, it is almost 

 vertical with a conspicuous median groove. 



Haplonyx scolopax, Pasc. 



A cotype of this species sent for examination proves to 

 be, as previously suspected, < 22 ) simply an abraded specimen of 

 spencei; the sexes differ in the length of the rostrum, that 

 of the female being distinctly longer than that of the male. 



Haplonyx dotatus, Pasc. 



A cotype of this species is certainly but one of the many 

 varieties of myrrhatus. The clothing and scales of specimens 

 of Haplonyx that have been preserved in liquids often differ 

 considerably in appearance from specimens of the same 

 species that have been killed and kept dry. Partial abrasion 

 also considerably alters their appearance. 



(22) Ante, 1910, p. 44. 



