482 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^, 



than Tvide, apex produced, flat, feebly bifurcate, almost one-third 

 the width of base ; constriction deep but short; a feeble ridge 

 extending from apex to a little beyond the middle and not notice- 

 able from above; base truncate, scarcely narrower than middle; 

 median carina shining, very distinct, continuous from base to apex; 

 disc with an almost obsolete tubercle on each side of carina; 

 punctures (if present) concealed by scales. Elytra (with tubercles) 

 more than twice the length of prothorax and also wider at their 

 base, feebly widening to about the middle and thence more 

 distinctly lessened, scai'cely wider than deep, the interstices with 

 numerous small granules larger at base and more regular towards 

 suture; the 2nd with four small tubercles or large granules, ith 

 with three or four, 7th with five or six, and also one on shoulders; 

 each with a large, elongate, triangular, feebly granulate tubercle at 

 apex, their inner margins almost parallel, suture traceable between 

 them ; posterior declivity gradual ; punctures moderately large, 

 moderately distinct at sides, concealed by scales on disc. Basal 

 segment of abdomen almost twice the length of 2nd, curved at 

 apex; 2nd depressed at base; intermediates rather broad, fully as 

 long as apical. Posterior femora terminating a little before the 

 middle of apical segment; tibiae straight; tarsi not very broad, 

 3rd joint moderately bilobed, apical distinctly longer than basal. 

 Length 14^, rostrum 3; width 5 mm. 



^a^._KS.W. (Mr. C. French); Illawarra (Mr. G. Masters); 

 Burrawang (Mi\ T. G. Sloane). 



PoROPTERUS Chevrolati, Waterh.; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5422. 



^ (?). Upper surface sparsely clothed with small dark brown 

 or blackish scales, denser, paler and more elongate beneath; tibiae 

 with dark elongate —interspersed with shorter and paler — scales; 

 head feebly, rostrum more densely squamose. Ciliation minute, 

 silvery-yellow. 



Convex, elongate-elliptic, moderately tuberculate. Head obso- 

 letely punctate ; ocular fovea very small ; eyes a little more 

 coarsely granulate than in the preceding; rostrum rather thick, 

 feebly curved, muzzle widening to apex, with feeble traces of 



