90 LORD HOTVE ISLAND. 



*Me>~LRISTES CURTTTLrS, sp. I10V. 



Elongate-ovate, black, shining, rather convex; prothorax rounded in front, 

 the posterior angles scarcely produced ; scutelluni very small ; elytra mo- 

 derately strongly striate-punctate, the interstices broad, minutely and 

 sparingly punctured. 



Head finely and moderately closely punctured, rather smooth in the middle, 

 finely wrinkled at the sides ; clypeal suture nearly straight, strongly impressed; 

 eyes very prominent. Antennae ferruginous. Prothorax at the base not 

 quite one-third broader than long, slightly narrowed both in front and behind, 

 finely and not very closely punctured. Scutellum minute, triangular. Elytra 

 at the base rather broader than the prothorax, arcuately narrowed from 

 behind the middle to the apex, moderately strongly punctate-striate, the 

 punctures placed at short intervals in the stria?, which are moderately im- 

 pressed. Underside pitchy black, shining ; the abdomen finely and sparingly 

 punctured. Legs pitchy, tarsi ferruginous. Lengths — 10 mm. 



At once separable from the preceding species by its comparatively short, 

 ovate form, broad, convex prothorax, and minute scutellum. It appears to 

 be an abundant species. 



MOEDELLID.E. 



MORDELLA AUSTEALIS, Bois. 



Mordella australis, Boisduval, Toy. Astrob., II, p, 289 (1S35). 

 A single specimen. 



Mordella, sp. 

 An abraded example of a species nearlv allied to Mordella 14- maculata, 

 Macl. 



CUBCULIOXIDJE. 

 Sphaeropteres barbipes, Saund. if Jet. 

 Isomer inthus barbipes, Saunders & Jekel, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (3) III, 

 p. 293, pi. 15, fig. 3 (1855). 

 This species is unknown to me. 



*Leptops Etheridget, sp. nov. 



Plate YI, f. 5. 



Elongate ovate, piceous, densely covered with griseous scales ; rostrum 

 long, depressed in the middle ; prothorax rugulose, narrowed in front ; elytra 

 ample, seriate-punctate, obtusely bi-tuberculate posteriorly. 



Head thickly covered with scales, those near the sides inclining to 

 ochraceous ; rostrum about as long as the prothorax. Eyes narrow, vertical. 

 Antenna? rather long, the scape closely scaled, funiculus finely pubescent. 

 Prothorax decidedly broader than long, moderately strongly rugulose, the 

 scales inclining to ochraceous at the sides, an obscure median carina which 

 is effaced anteriorly. Scutellum distinct, pointed behind. Elytra about two 

 and a half times as long as the prothorax, somewhat flattened above, moder- 

 ately strongly seriate-punctate, the punctures widely separated and somewhat 

 irregular, the interstices broad and slightly raised, the third interstice 

 slightly and the sixth rather strongly elevated posteriorly, giving the elytra 

 a bi-tuberculate appearance. Underside and legs moderately closely scaled 

 and finely pubescent. Length 12? mm.; greatest width 6| mm. t 



A single example of this very distinct species was in the collection obtained 

 by the party which recently visited Lord Howe Island under the charge of 

 my colleague, Mr. E. Etheridge, junr. 



t In the case of the Rhynchophorous beetles the measurements are exclusive of the 

 rostrum. 



