524 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID.E, 



subapical tooth, the intermediate* strongly biclentate externally,, 

 the posterior feebly dentate at external apex; tarsi long and thin, 

 3i-d joint moderatel}^ wide, deepl}^ bilobed, feebh^ spongiose 

 beneath, claw- joint elongate; claws widely separated. Elliptic or 

 elliptic-ovate, convex, squainose, winged. 



An extraordinary genus abundantly represented in New 

 Zealand. One species has been described from Norfolk Island 

 and three from Eastern Australia, and two are here added. It 

 is probable that others have yet to be discovered in the forests of 

 New South Wales and Queensland, as all the specimens I have 

 myself taken have been chopped out from solid and freshly felled 

 timber. 



Kostrum and head between eyes denselj' setose. 



Elytra fasciate beyond middle e(/erei(s, Pa»c. 



Elytra non-fasciate J/ci-v/ej'si, Pasc. 



Rostrum not densely setose. 



Rostrinii wider than long latiro-'/ri':, Pasc. 



Rostrum longer than wide. 



Elytra Avith large claw-like tubercles in middle Jeoniina^, n.sp. 



Elytra without large tubercles hiimeralU, n.sp. 



PsEPHOLAX Mastebsi, Pasc: Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5409. 



Dark reddish-brown; upper surface subopaque, under surface 

 shining. Sparsely clothed with small ochreous scales. Head 

 between eyes with a tuft of yolden-brown erect set* continued in 

 rostral grooves almost to antennae. Under surface with whitish 

 elongate scales, longer on anterior coxie and metasternum than 

 elsewhere. 



Head rather strongly punctate on flattened part. Rostrum 

 slightly longer than head, sides parallel, polished and xerj finely 

 punctate, sides grooved. Prothorax transverse, base feebly 

 bisinuate; i-ather densely punctate, punctures small and shallow^ 

 basal third granulate-punctate. Elytra more than twice the 

 length of prothorax; striate-punctate, strife feeble, punctures close 



* Except in tafirostris. 



