"204 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^, 



Head with dense and rather large but shallow punctures. 

 Rostrum longer than prothorax, rather strongly curved; sulcate- 

 punctate and with three rather obtuse ridges behind antenntij; 

 finely punctate on apical half; scrobes deep and oblique near base 

 of antennse, very shallow towards eyes. Funicle with the 1st 

 joint stouter but no longer than 2nd. Prothorax densely and 

 coarsely punctate, punctures round, rather larger on disc than 

 elsewhere. Elytravfide and almost twice the width of prothorax; 

 very feebly striate, punctures rather large, quadrate, distinctly 

 separated, liecoming much smaller beyond the middle; interstices 

 wider or narrower than punctures, the suture, 3rd, 5th and 7th 

 feebly raised and rather narrower than the others. Under surface 

 moderately densely punctate, the punctures round and rather 

 shallow, smaller on three apical segments of abdomen than else- 

 where ; the apical segment with a shallow but very distinct 

 circular impression. Femora very feebly punctate; the tibiae with 

 feeble punctures in very feeble grooves. Length 4^, rostrum \\\ 

 width 2^ mm. 



Hah. — Australia (Herr J. Faust). 



The unique specimen under examination appears to be a female. 



Genus Melanterius, Erichson. 



Wiegm. Arch. 1842, p. 209; Lacord. Gen. Col. Tome vii. p. 65. 



Head round, convex; ocular fovea either very small or repre- 

 sented by a shallow depression. Eyes of various shapes, coarsely 

 or moderately coarsely faceted, varying from subcontiguous to 

 distant. Rostrum long, thin, parallel or almost parallel, feebly 

 or moderately curved; with or without feeble lateral grooves, 

 parallel or not with scrobes; apex terminating beyond mesosternal 

 plate. AntenncB usually slender; scape inserted distinctly closer 

 to apex than base and passing apex; two basal or basal joint only 

 of funicle moderately elongate; club more or less ovate. Pro- 

 thorax usually slightly transverse, not overhanging head, densely 

 punctate, with or without median line; ocular lobes varying from 

 moderately prominent to almost absent. Scutellum small, 

 distinct, rounded or oblong. Elytra more or less cordate, wider 



