234 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^, 



Melanterius vinosus, Pasc; I.e. No. 5402. 



Elliptic, convex, moderately shining. Reddish-brown; elytra, 

 rostrum, antennse and claw-joints paler. Head, base of rostrum, 

 prothorax, under surface and legs rather sparsely clothed with 

 stout yellowish setae; elytra more densely clothed, the setse almost 

 squamose and condensed into very distinct spots. 



Head densely punctate, but punctures rather small and shallow; 

 a depression between eyes; eyes almost round, widely separated. 

 Rostrum feebly curved, not cylindrical, feebly dilated at base and 

 apex ; i-ather densely punctate, punctures coarser at base than 

 elsewhere, but scarcely confluent. Scape shorter than funicle, 

 inserted about two-fifths from apex of rostrum. Prothorax con- 

 vex, feebly transverse, sides gently rounded; apex about half the 

 width of base, base bisinuate; densely and strongly punctate, 

 punctures in places confluent ; with a feeble median line. 

 Scutellum rounded. Elytra about once and one-third the width, 

 and more than twice the length of prothorax; shoulders oblique; 

 seriate-punctate, punctures large, oblong, feebly connected; inter- 

 stices (except the suture) ridged, the ridges of the 3rd and 5th 

 rather more prominent than the others on the posterior declivity. 

 Mesosternal plate strongly transverse, depressed and feebly concave. 

 Metasternum and abdomen rather sparsely and irregularly punc- 

 tate, punctures rather small, on episterna (except at apex) and on 

 intermediate segments, in single rows; the latter combined longer 

 than 2nd or 5th. Legs moderately long; femora feebly grooved, 

 moderately strongly dentate; tibi* compressed, curved at base, 

 posterior seriately punctate. Length 5|, rostrum 2; width 2| mm. 



//rt6._"S Australia" (Pascoe), "Mount Squires" (Rev. T. 

 Blackburn). 



Mr. George Masters has kindly lent me a specimen (probablv 

 2) for description. 



Melanterius solitus, n.sp. 



$. Elliptic, convex, moderately shining. Piceous; legs piceous- 

 brown, antennae dull red. Sparsely clothed with sliort whitish 

 setae, which are stout and very indistinct on prothorax. 



