214 REVISIOX OF THE AUSTRALIAN CUECULIONID^, 



entirely concealed on basal half, apical half feebly shining and 

 with numerous minute punctures. Second joint of funicle about 

 once and one-third the length of 1st. Prothorax apparently 

 slightly longer than wide, but in reality feebly transverse (5 x 44), 

 almost flat, apical fifth rounded, sides almost parallel, base strongly 

 bisinuate, scutellar lobe acute. ''SciUeUum indistinct. Elytra 

 very large, base strongly bisinuate, widest about middle, sides 

 near apex rather suddenly arcuate; basal half with five transverse 

 series of large punctures, sides with four rows of distinct punc- 

 tures; shoulders produced, oblique and tuberculate; each side of 

 scutellum subtuberculate. Legs long; femora thickened, almost 

 edentate, posterior terminating level with suture of 4th and 5th 

 abdominal segments. Length 13|, rostrum 4; width 6^ mm. 



Hah.—^.^.'W. : Richmond River. 



The femoral teeth are represented by minute nodules, scarcely 

 distinguishalale on any but the anterior femora, and then only 

 from certain directions. The rostrum is stouter than is usual. 



Paleticus subereus, Pasc; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5488. 

 i^Petosiris subereus, Pasc ). 



Colour as in pedestris. Rather sparsely clothed with small 

 round dull ochreous scales, and with larger and darker scales 

 moderately densely distributed at apex of and forming four feeble 

 fascicles across middle of prothorax; apical half of elytra densely 

 but irregularly clothed, and with still larger scales having a 

 tendency to run in single lines, tubercles subfasciculate. Under 

 surface and legs rather more densely clothed than upper. Meta- 

 sternum and basal segments of abdomen in addition with fine 

 golden setpe in ^. 



Head with three feeble elevations on vertex, transversely 

 impressed between eyes. Rostrum long, thin and parallel-sided, 

 basal half densely punctate, apical half finely punctate and 

 shining. Second joint of funicle twice the length of 1st. Pro- 

 thorn.x somewhat convex, rounded from apex to base, with trace 

 of four feeble elevations across middle, base strongly bisinuate. 



