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Having only one specimen under examination I have not 

 been able to see whether the wings are present or not, but the 

 species appears to be apterous. 



Cedilaus ambiguus, n. sp. 



Piceous-brown and shining through clothing, legs and 

 antennae red. Moderately-densely clothed with loose scales, 

 varying from dingy-yellow to sooty-brown, and interspersed 

 with longer suberect scales ; flanks of elytra glabrous ; under- 

 surf ace, legs, head, and rostrum rather sparsely clothed ; meta- 

 sternal episterna densely clothed with shining yellowish scales. 



Head convex; coarsely punctate; eyes prominent. Ros- 

 trum as wide at apex as at base, sides incurved to middle; 

 coarsely but subseriately punctate. First joint of funicle 

 noticeably longer and stouter than second, the rest transverse. 

 Prothorax rather widely transverse, apex more than half the 

 width of base ; with rather large, round, deep punctures ; with 

 a depressed and highly-polished median line, which disappears 

 before apex. Elytra wider than prothorax and about twice 

 as long, widest before middle, not much longer than wide; 

 punctate-striate, punctures oblong and not very distinct ; striae 

 moderately deep ; interstices scarcely convex, the first narrower, 

 the eighth wider than the others, all wider than strise. Under- 

 surface with moderately dense and large punctures. Femora 

 densely punctate; each of the tibiae with a large outer 

 triangular extension, that of the anterior basal, of the inter- 

 mediate at basal third, and of the posterior just before middle. 

 Length, 2j mm.; rostrum, f mm. ; width, 1| mm. 



Rab. — New South Wales (Macleay Museum). 



Only one specimen of this remarkable weevil has been 

 under observation. The club is slightly paler than the pre- 

 ceding joints of the funicle, not darker, as is usually the case. 



HOPLODECILAUS, n. g. 



Head rather large, convex, partially concealed. Eyes 

 small, briefly ovate, widely separated, coarsely faceted. 

 Rostrum rather short and stout, feebly curved. Scape in- 

 serted nearer apex than base of rostrum, shorter than funicle ; 

 basal joint of the latter elongate; club large, its outline 

 continuous with that of funicle. Prothorax convex, trans- 

 verse, sides rounded, base truncate, apex produced, constric- 

 tion feeble, lobes obtuse. Scutellum absent. Elytra trun- 

 cate at base, ovate, convex, shoulders, sides, and apex 

 rounded. Pectoral canal deep and wide, terminated between 

 intermediate coxae. Mesostemal receptacle feebly raised, 

 walls narrow and semicircular; slightly cavernous. Meta- 



