186 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^, 



Head with, trace of a very feeble tubercle on each side of middle; 

 ocular fovea concealed. Rostrum moderately wide, distinctly 

 curved. Scape inserted slightly in advance of the middle, 

 scarcely extending to apex of rostrum; two basal joints of funicle 

 equal, moderately elongate, the others transverse. Prothorax 

 noticeabl}^ transverse, apex feebly bifurcate, not half the width 

 of base; sides rounded, feebly decreasing to base. Elytra wider 

 than prothorax, and not more than once and one-half its length, 

 not much longer than wide, widest about the middle, each feebly 

 separately rounded or bifurcate ; punctures almost as in preced- 

 ing ; tubercles somewhat as in preceding but less regular when 

 viewed obliquely; they are also less numerous and proportionally 

 larger. Sutures of ahdonien concealed by scales. Length 5, 

 rostrum 1; width 3 mm. 



//a5.— N.S.W.: Sydney. 



Besides the difference in size and colour the present differs 

 from the preceding species (of which I have both sexes) in having 

 the rostrum thicker, shorter and more noticeably curved, the 

 antennse shorter and almost lilack (in that species they are 

 decidedly reddish), the elytra broader and the apical curvature 

 more pronounced, the third tarsal joint also a little narrower. 



PSEUUOPOROPTERUS, n.g. 



Head flattened; ocular fovea small. Eyes produced in front, 

 moderately faceted. Eo)>trnm thick, moderately curved. Scape 

 inserted closer to apex than base of i-ostrum. Prothorax large, 

 apex produced and overhanging head; ocular lobes and constric- 

 tion feeble. ScrUellum absent. Elytra not once and one-half 

 the length of prothorax to which they are closely applied, posterior 

 declivity almost vertical. Pectoral canal broad, deep, terminated 

 at end of anterior coxte. Mesosternal receptacle elevated, broad, 

 apex almost truncate, triangularly decreasing to base; cavernous. 

 Melaster/nini short. Abdomen flattened; basal segment \ery large, 

 intercoxal process very broad, rounded; 2nd segment widely and 

 abruptly excavated at its apex, its sides only entire; intermediates 

 very short, strongly depressed below general level. Legs short, 



