244 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^ 



basal segment large, intercoxal process depressed; intermediates 

 combined about equal to 2nd and decidedly shorter than apical; 

 apical convex, a very feeble impression near apex. Lecjs rather 

 slender, densely punctate; femora feebly dentate; posterior just, 

 extending to apical segment of abdomen; tibiae feebly outwardly 

 curved; claws very feeble. Length 3^, rostrum 1^ ; width 2 

 (vix) mm. 



Hah. — ^.^^Y. : Sydney. 



A peculiar species, having narrow rows of punctures, semi- 

 circular mesosternal plate and lai'ge apical segment of abdomen; 

 the eyes are almost perfectly circular and, compared with others 

 of the genus, finely faceted ; the long. 2nd joint of funicle is 

 perhaps worthy of note. 



Melanterius amplipennis, n.sp. 



Ovate, opaque, moderately convex. Brownish-red ; rostrum 

 slightly darker at apex than base. Rather densely clothed with 

 ochreous setose scales, slightly paler on prothorax than on elytra, 

 on the prothorax there is a spot of paler scales in the middle of 

 the base and the lateral scales are longer than those on disc; 

 scutellum nude ; elytra with rows of punctures clearly visible. 

 Under surface, legs, and head with paler, shorter, and more regular 

 scales than on upper surface; the three apical segments of abdo- 

 men with denser and longer scales; a few scales in the pectoral 

 canal. 



Head with a shallow depression between eyes, these separated 

 for the width of rostrum and almost exactly the same as in the 

 preceding. Rostrum long, thin, shining, curved; rather finely 

 punctate except at extreme base; not carinate; a very feeble groove 

 running above and parallel with scrobe. Antennae slender; scape 

 inserted about two-fifths from apex of rostrum, which it con- 

 siderably passes; two basal joints of funicle elongate, 1st as long 

 as 2nd-3rd combined, 3rd-6th feebly, 7th somewhat more notice- 

 ably transverse; club elongate, almost the length of four preced- 

 ing joints. Prothorax feebly transverse, not much narrower at 

 apex than base, base distinctly bisinuate; ocular lobes absent ; 



