608 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONlDiE, xi., 



Amydala abdominalis Pasc, Mast. Cat., Sp.No.5569. 



Black, shining. Clothed all over with variously coloured scales. 

 Prothorax with a median triangular ochreous-red patch, speckled 

 with white, four patches of mouse-coloured scales at base, and 

 one on each side of apex. Elytra with irregular patches of 

 ochreous, mouse-coloured, and whitish scales. Under surface 

 with whitish scales, becoming ochreous on abdomen. 



Head almost impunctate. Rostrujn shorter than prothorax, 

 flat, sides strongly incurved to middle. Scape the length of five 

 basal joints of funicle. Prothorax not visibly punctured. Elytra 

 each with ten feebly punctured striae; suture near base with 

 numerous, small, rounded granules. Abdomen with first segment 

 almost half its total length, its middle produced on to second; 

 second, third, and fourth each with a row of about eight strong 

 punctures; fifth with large punctures or small fovese in middle. 

 Posterior yejwo7-a suboblong, about thrice as long as wide. Length 

 11^, rostrum 3; width 5;|mm. 



Hub.— Queensland : Wide Bay. 



Genus I D o T A s I A Pascoe. 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. vii.(4th Ser.), 1871, p.261. 



Head not concealed by prothorax; ocular fovea obsolete or 

 nearly so. Eyes widely separated, facets of variable size. 

 Rostrum rather stout, not very long, curved. Antenna short, 

 stout; scape* inserted much closer to base than apex of rostrum, 

 less than half the length of funicle; two basal joints of funicle 

 moderately long, the others transverse; club briefly ovate, adnate 

 to funicle. Prothorax convex, subconical, sides rounded, base 

 truncate; ocular lobes obtuse. Scutellum absent. Elytra sub- 

 cordate, slightly wider than prothorax, base truncate, sides con- 

 siderably narrowed near apex. Pectoral canal deep and moder- 

 ately wide, terminated immediately behind anterior coxse. Meso- 

 sternal receptacle strongly raised, walls thin, emargination strongly 

 transverse, rapidly sloping from apex to base and triareolate. 



* Mr. Paaooe describes the scape as scarcely attaining the eye, but in 

 the two Australiau species, it cei tainly does. 



