512 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^, 



claws long and thin, widely separated. Length 13|, rostrum -i; 

 width 5|- mm. 



//«6. -Burrawang, N.S.W. (Mr. T. G. Sloane). 



In outline this species strongly resembles P. morhillosus, but 

 it may be distinguished from that species by its much sparser and 

 differently coloured clothing, smaller tubercles, crested apical 

 portion of suture, mucronate apex of elytra, shorter rostrum — 

 more suddenly enlarged at apex — shorter and thicker antennit, 

 less regularly punctured rostrum, longer posterior and anterior 

 tibite and shorter intermediate, with numerous other but less 

 noticeable differences. 



POROPTERUS BITUBERCULATUS, n.sp. 



Moderately densely clothed with soft, suberect, suboblong, 

 moderately large, muddy-brown scales, larger on prothorax than 

 un elytra; on the former forming six feeble fascicles, two apical, and 

 four forming a median transverse row. Elytra with four small 

 fascicles, two close to base and two near summit of posterior 

 declivity. Legs, head and rostrum (except muzzle) more uni- 

 formly and rather more densely clothed than elsewhere. Cilia- 

 tion short, sparse, silvery-yellow. 



Convex, elliptic, punctate. Head slightly convex, ocular fovea 

 feeble, almost concealed ; eyes rather more strongly granulate 

 than is usual in the genus, apex produced; rostrum rather slender, 

 moderately curved, almost parallel to apex, with regular punc- 

 tures smallest on muzzle. Antennae entirely red, slender, scape 

 curved, in ^ passing,' in ^ reaching apex of muzzle. Two basal 

 joints of funicle elongate, the 2nd scarcely more than half the 

 length of 1st, 3rd-6th subglobular, 7th distinctly transverse; club 

 short, joints moderately distinct. Prothorax subglobular; apex 

 feebly produced, more than half the width of base, entire but 

 appearing bifurcate on account of fascicles; constriction obsolete; 

 disc and sides with rather large, regular, round, dense, shallow 

 punctures, becoming denser and much smaller beneath fascicles, a 

 narrow distinct median carina continuous from apical fourth to 

 base. Scutellum absent. Elytra about twice the length of and 



