210 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONIDiE, 



sulcate laterally, three apical segments greatly narrowed by elytra, 

 intermediates conjointly shorter than 2nd or apical. Legs long; 

 femora dentate ; tibia3 flexuous ; tarsi elongate, narrow, above 

 glabrous or with sparse setse, 3rd joint short, slightly wider than 

 long, deeply bilobed, 4th longer than 1st. Broad, squamosa, 

 apterous. 



This genus was founded by Mr. Pascoe on five species, of which 

 I know pedestris and frontalis. Of the others, I am doubtful of 

 laticoUis and confinis, which, however, are very close to pedestris; 

 invidus although recorded from " Gawler, Victoria, Sydney, and 

 Queensland " I have not seen, or at least been enabled to identify. 

 In the same paper in which Mr. Pascoe described Faleticus he very 

 briefly described Petosirls, comparing it with Onidistus. In 

 describing the genus only one species (/''. subereits) was referred 

 to it; this species is a true Paleticus differing in no essential detail 

 from /•'. pedestris; I think, therefore, that the name Petosiris should 

 be sunk as a synonym of Paleticus. Subsequently Mr. Pascoe 

 referred two species {cordipeimis and annulipes) to Petosiris; 

 both these species I know; . cordipennis (although somewhat 

 aberrant) I refer to Paleticus; for annulipes (the tarsi of which 

 are very different to those of subereus or cordipennis) a new genus 

 is required. 



Paleticus is allied to Poropterus, but it is abundantly distinct 

 from that genus by the two basal segments of abdomen being 

 soldered together and the dentate femora. 



Mr. Pascoe describes the eyes as "grosse granulati "; this is 

 erroneous, the granulation of the eyes being only moderate; and 

 (except in frontalis) they might even be called finely faceted; at 

 the top they are slightly bent over. He makes no mention of 

 femoral teeth (except in frontalis), although such are present in 

 all the species I have examined. In all the species the base of 

 the elytra is shaped like Cupid's bow. 



Prothorax flat, walls ahi-uptly vertical. 



Posterior femora passing elytra pedestris, Pasc. 



Posterior femora not passing abdomen. 



Tibial hooks short and blunt airi/erus, n.s[). 



Tibial hooks longer and sharp. 



