238 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^, 



Rostrum long, thin, cylindrical, feebly curved, very feebly dilated 

 between antennae; basal portion rather coarsely punctate, the 

 punctures in grooves. Scape inserted two-fifths from apex of 

 rostrum, shorter than funicle; club elliptic-ovate and rather small. 

 Prothorax feebly transverse, apex half the width of base, base 

 bisinuate, sides rounded; densely and moderately strongly punc- 

 tate, punctures sharply defined; without median line. SciUellum 

 somewhat rounded. Elytra cordate, shoulders rounded, sides 

 decreasing in width from near base; seriate-punctate, punctures 

 large, subquadrate, in shallow grooves; interstices much narrower 

 than punctures, all acutely ridged, but those nearest the suture 

 less noticeably so. Metasternum and two basal segments of 

 abdomen with rather large punctures; episterna and intermediate 

 segments each with a single somewhat irregular row of small 

 punctures; combined length of the latter slightly more than that of 

 2nd or 5th. Ze^s rather long; femora not very thin, not grooved, 

 posterior strongly, intermediate moderately, anterior feebly 

 dentate; tibipe feebly curved, anterior feebly bisinuate beneath, 

 with punctures in grooves, those of the posterior being very dis- 

 tinct. Length 6, rostrum If; width 3 mm. 



^«6._N.S.W. : Galston (Mr. Walter Dumbrell). 



Somewhat after the size and build of hidentatus; the elytral 

 interstices when viewed from the sides appear to be seriate- 

 punctate. 



Melanterius vulgivagus, n.sp. 



Elliptic-ovate, somewhat depressed, shining. Black; antennae 

 and tarsi dull red. Upper surface scarcely visibly clothed; under 

 sui'face and legs with stout whitish setfe. 



Head with small and shallow punctures; eyes subreniform, in ^ 

 separation slightly less than width of rostrum at base, in ^ con- 

 siderably less. Rostrum slightly longer than prothorax, curved, 

 slightly dilated between antennae; punctures in grooves causing 

 (in the ^ only) five rather acute ridges. Scape moderately stout, 

 in ^ inserted two-fifths from apex of rostrum, slightly more in (^, 

 shorter than funicle; club rather large. Prothorax moderately 

 transverse, base bisinuate and almost twice the width of apex, 



