BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 489 



•of apex with a very feeble obtuse tubercle; with regular rows of 

 large punctures, sutural continuous to apex and feebly diverging 

 at base, lateral rows regular, the others distinct but somewhat 

 interrupted by tubercles. Mef.astermim curved. Basal segment 

 of ahi/omen as long as three following combined, a curved trans- 

 verse impression across its apical third, intercoxal process ^■ery 

 broad, suture with 2nd large, deep and curved, longest at sides 

 of middle; 2nd transversely convex, not as long as intermediates; 

 intermediates depressed below 2nd, and very feebly below apical, 

 as which they are about as long: apical feebly convex. Legs 

 rather long: posterior femora in ^ scarcely reaching, in fj just 

 passing elytra; tibite thin, compressed, very feebly curved; tarsi 

 slender, 3rd joint very feebly bilobed (almost simple), 4th a little 

 longer than 1st. Length 12, rostrum 3; width 5h mm. 



Hab. — Queensland (Messrs. Masters and French); Tweed and 

 Richmond Rivers, N.S.W. (Messrs. Helms and Lea). 



POROPTERUS VARIABILIS, n.Sp. 



Scales very small, moderately dense, brown or sooty-brown, 

 ■densest and palest on prothorax, tinged with white between 

 bifurcation, black on the anterior of median tubercles; sparse on 

 under surface and femora, moderately elongate on tibia?; sparse 

 on head, rostrum — except at sides — almost nude. Ciliation 

 rather elongate, golden-yellow, visible with head in position. 



Broad, flat, tubercles moderate. Head with a feeble longitudinal 

 impression, impunctate, rostrum sparsely — and except muzzle — 

 almost obsoletely punctate; ocular fovea feeble; eyes moderately 

 gi'anulate; rostrum feebly shining, feebly bent, muzzle widening 

 to apex (longer, straighter and almost parallel in 9) ) antenna? 

 elongate, scape in ^ inserted about one-third from apex, about 

 half its length passing muzzle, in ^ a little less; 2nd joint of 

 funicle twice as long as 2nd and as long as three following com- 

 bined, 7th very little longer than wide ; club free, elongate, 

 indistinctly four-jointed, as long as or a little longer than three 

 preceding joints. Prothorax longer than wide, apex produced, 

 feebly bifurcate, about one-third the width of base; ocular lobes 



