220 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^, 



upper surface, antennae slightly paler. With short, minute, 

 yellowish scales, confined on prothorax and under surface to 

 punctures and on elytra to sides of interstices. 



Head with dense feeble punctures; ocular fovea represented by 

 a feeble depression; eyes small, almost circular, not very coarsely 

 faceted, distant. Rostrum long, thin, slightly curved, in ^ 

 parallel to apex, in ^ slightly wider at apex than base; densely 

 punctate in (J, the punctui'es oblong and similar on apical two- 

 thirds, in 5 the punctures are sparser, feebler, and become much 

 smaller towards apex; very feeble lateral grooves running parallel 

 with scrobes and terminating at antenna?. Antennte rather long; 

 scape almost perfectly straight, slightly thickened at apex, 

 inserted about one-fourth from apex of rostrum which it passes 

 for about half its length ; basal joint of funicle longer than 

 2nd, 4th-7th transverse; club ovate. Prothorax scarcely trans- 

 verse, emargination feeble, lobes obtuse, sides rounded, base feebly 

 bisinuate, posterior angles feebly acute; densely punctate, punc- 

 tures frequentl}'^ confluent; ^ with a very feeble median line not 

 traceable in J- Scntellum small, slightly longer than wide, 

 rounded, punctate. Elytra not much wider than prothoi*ax and 

 about twice and one-half its length, sides subparallel to near 

 apex; shoulders oblique, feebly produced on to prothorax; each 

 with nine rows of oblong punctures set in grooves and somewhat 

 obscured by scales; interstices raised, subcostiform, wider (taking 

 their full width) than punctures, punctate near base and shoulders, 

 very obsoletely granulate. Pectoral canal rather shallow; anterior 

 cox* scarcely visibly separated and feebly excavated at their 

 tops. Jlesosternal plate depressed, feebly concave, apex wide, 

 emarginate, almost twice the width of base, sides incurved. 

 Metasternum depressed at base and apex of disc, slightly convex 

 transversely ; densely punctate ; episterna each with a row of 

 feeble squamose punctures and a few extra ones at base. Abdo- 

 men densely punctate; basal segment large, intercoxal process 

 wide, middle depressed, depression continued on to 2nd, causing 

 a hollow very noticeable in ^ but much less so in J ; inter- 

 mediates combined [slightly longer than 2nd and noticeably 



