542 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONIDiE, 



verse, bounded by metasteinal episterna ; tibi?e compressed,, 

 terminal hook, except of anterior, feeble, each with a very feeble 

 subapical tooth; above ridged, the ridge largely excavated so that 

 each of the tibije appears to be very strongly bidentate; tarsi 

 rather slender; 3rd joint wide, deeply bilobed, claw-joint elongate;; 

 claws rather feeble. Subelliptic, convex, squamose, winged. 



A peculiar genus, the tibi;^ of which are entirely different to- 

 those of all other Australian genera except Psepholax and Neo- 

 zpjieudes; I am inclined therefore to place it in the vicinity of 

 those genera. The niesosternal receptacle is cavernous, but it is 

 also cavernous in Oreda, an undoubted ally of Zeneudes. 



PSEPHOLACIPUS FOSSILIS, n.sp. 



Dark reddish-brown ; elytra oljscurel}' variegated with red; 

 claw-joints and antennae dull red. Rather sparsely clothed with 

 dingy ochreous scales, denser on tibipe and under surface of fenioi'a 

 than elsewhere, each puncture of prothorax containing a scale;, 

 round on disc, moderately elongate at sides; interstices of elytra 

 with regular scales. 



Head and rostrum coarsely punctate; the latter feebly grooved 

 on each side between base and antennae. Prothorax subglobular; 

 densely punctate, punctures large, round and moderately deep. 

 Elytra striate-punctate, striae rather wide, punctures rather 

 shallow, each containing a scale; interstices convex, rounded, each 

 appearing as a row of granules owing to numerous and regular 

 transverse impressions. Under surface with large punctures 

 irregularly distributed; metasternal episterna with a double row. 

 Posterior tihica (including teeth) wider at apex than near base, 

 intermediate wider near base, anterior slightly wider near base 

 than at apex, its terminal hook directed inwards almost at a right 

 angle. Length 7|, rostrum \\; width 3| mm. 



Hab. — N.Q. : Cooktown (Herr J. Faust, 5 specimens). 



PsEPHOLACiPUS MINOR, n.sp. or var. 



Differs from the preceding species in being smaller ; scales- 

 rather larger, paler and more distinct; eyes more prominent; pro- 



