BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 185 



Head with a feeble tubercle on each side, ocular fovea invisible. 

 Rostrum moderately long, curved, with feeble elongate punctures. 

 Scape inserted slightly in advance of middle of rostrum, scarcely 

 extending to apex ; two basal joints of funicle equal, their com- 

 bined length almost equal to that of scape. Prothorax feebly 

 transverse, about as deep as long, apex rounded, about half the 

 width of the base; feebly bifurcate, with two transverse rows of 

 feeble tubercles; sides rounded, feebly decreasing to base; densely 

 punctate, punctures partially concealed. Elytra subovate, base 

 wider than prothorax, widest a little behind the middle, with 

 regular rows of rounded tubercles, appearing regular when viewed 

 longitudinally, transversely, or obliquely, placed on each elytron 

 thus : — ;'.■■:) with others less regular at apex and sides; a 

 puncture between each tubercle, largest punctures at sides, 

 smallest on posterior declivity. Mesosternal receptacle punctate, 

 Basal segment of abdomen once and one-third longer than 2nd, 

 at its sides scarcely longer. Length 64, rostrum If; width 3| mm. 



Hab. — Victorian Mountains (Rev. T. Blackburn's, No. 6213); 

 New South "Wales (Mr. W. Kershaw, Senr.), Orange (Mr. H. W. 

 Brown), Glen Innes (Lea). 



Two specimens from Mr. Kershaw are much abraded; on these 

 the elytral punctures are seen to be large and regular and the 

 tubercles smaller, and the under surface to be rather strongly 

 punctate. 



MiCROPOROPTERUS CURVIROSTRIS, n.Sp. 



Clothed with small obscurely coloured scales, and with longer 



sooty scales marking prothorax at sides of apex and on each side 



of median line, and with others sprinkled about; elytral tubercles 



with sooty scales. Under surface with paler scales than upper, 



and mixed with ochreous on intermediates; legs with dark scales 



which are darkest on tibise. Head and rostrum densely squamose, 



scales palest at base of former. Ciliation sparse and almost 



microscopic. 

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