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CURCULIONIDE. 
ALCIDES. 
A. terreregine, sp. nov. Sat parallelus; sat cylindricus ; 
castaneus, prothorace antennis tarsis et corpore subtus 
elytris maculis quinis albo-squamosis ornatis (sc. 1* basali 
lineari longitudinali in interstitio 3° sita, 2° parva in 
interstitio 7° hujus ad longitudinis medium sita, 3* post- 
mediana. in interstitio 3° sita, cdi juam 3* vix Lune riori in 
subtus plus minusve dense albo-squamoso ; rostro modice 
punctulatis, interstitiis sat angustis sat rugulose punctulatis ; 
femoribus subtus dente magno serrato armatis; tibiis 
arcuatis; segmento ventrali 2° quam 3% paullo longiori. 
Long. (rostr. “excl.) 241; lat, 11. 
This little species is very distinct from all |its Fon iia gà of 
l 
which I have been able to see the descriptions; from its 
described Australian ehe it differs widely, — alia, by 
the markings of its elytra, which consist of 5 s h 
elytron, one of them being an elongate line on the ‘tem on 
of the 3rd interstice and there g n e suture or 
lateral margin n shape it closely resembles A. brevicollis, 
Pasc. (as figured in Ann. M ,, 4885, T.I T) but with 
the prothorax very much less transverse. In one of the a 
before me there A Mt of à scaly spot near the middle of t 
base of the prono 
Queensland qe Charters Towers). 
ANTHRIBIDA. 
This family is somewhat numerously represented in Australia, 
though but few of its genera seem to be lentiful in species an 
but few of its species ‘plentiful in individuals. Its Australian 
form in 
