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LIFE-HISTORIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 
the segments are of uniform size, each forming a double fold at 
the apex, and divided into three distinct lumps or warts on either 
side, the ventral surface flat, with a fringe of long reddish hairs 
along the marginal folds of each segment. 
The larvae feed upon the stem of Melaleuca stellatum, com- 
mencing on the bark and then gnawing out an elongate oval 
cavity in the side of the branch underneath the loose bark; in 
this cavity they form a rough rounded cocoon of gnawed wood 
early in July. The infested stems were cut off, and in captivity 
the beetles bred out early in September. They were very plentiful 
at Rose Bay (Sydney). 
Two years ago I bred a single specimen taken at Manly, which 
had formed a similar pupa case on the stem of Eucalyptus 
corymbosa. The beetle is generally found upom small gum trees, 
and often comes to the stump of a freshly cut down tree, probably 
for the exuded sap. 
It is 5 lines in length; head, legs, and apical portion of elytron 
hocolate-brown; thorax black, deeply and regularly punctured, 
with a stiff brush of black down on either side towards the head: 
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the basal portion of the wing covers black, regularly and deeply 
striated, with the punctures in regular rows; carrying a double 
pair of tufts of black down on each shoulder, with a corresponding- 
single one on either side towards the apex, where the elytron 
slopes down with deep regular striations towards the tip, and is 
ornamented with two much smaller black tufts. 
This beetle has a wide range over Australia, and is a rather 
common weevil about Sydney. 
Eurhynchus l^vior, Kirby. 
Larva 10 lines in length, slender and of uniform length, rounded 
on the dorsal surface; of a dull yellow colour; head almost 
spherical, flattened in front, deep reddish-brown, slightly rugose, 
fringed in front with a few scattered long hairs; jaws black, 
truncate at the tips, palpi very short, and the labrum very small 
and wedge-shaped; thorax with 1st segment ochreous-yellow, 
smooth and shining, 2nd and 3rd pale yellow, covered on the 
