502 REVISION OP THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^, 



constriction narrow, deep (in some specimens almost concealed), 

 visible from above ; sides rounded, feebly decreasing to base; 

 median carina short, feeble, a feeble line continued from it to 

 apex and another to base; with several short longitudinal scarcely 

 traceable ridges at base and apex, those near liase apparently 

 caused by feeble granules or punctures; a transverse row of four 

 very feeble tubercles, the lateral slightly anterior to the median; 

 sides with large and distinct punctures. Elytra not twice the 

 length of prothorax, and not as wide as base, very feebly widening 

 to about the middle; 2nd and 4th interstices raised and very 

 feebly produced at base; suture thickened from a little before 

 summit of declivity (which is abrupt); apex almost truncate; with 

 regular rows of large distinct punctures or foveas (larger and 

 almost touching in ^). Basal segment of abdomen very slightly 

 concave, with large punctures almost concealed by scales, scarcely 

 once and one-half the length of 2nd, intercoxal process triangularly 

 produced; 2nd feebly convex, at middle feebly produced on to 

 basal, intermediates flat, on a level with and as long as apical; 

 apical in ^ feebly impressed at sides and aci'oss middle. Lei^s 

 moderately stout; posterior femora in ^ almost reaching apex of 

 abdomen, in 9 reaching middle of apical segment ; tibise com- 

 pressed, posterior longer than anterior, the anterior feebly curved; 

 tarsi almost parallel, 3rd joint almost simple and scarcely wider 

 than 2nd, 4th thick, free for almost its entire length, anterior 

 claws less divergent than the others. Length 10|^, rostrum 2|; 

 width 4 mm. 



Ilab. — Armidale (Mr. D. McDonald); Orange (Mr. Horace W. 

 Brown); New South Wales (Rev. T. Blackburn, No. 6193); 

 Glen Innes, Forest Reefs, "Richmond River (Lea). 



A slightly variable species; I have a number of pairs takenincop. • 

 the (J is generally smaller than the 9, has the shoulders narrower and 

 the elj'tra more rounded; one large 9 specimen has the shoulders 

 distinctly produced at base. A very small starved ^ (1. 6^, r. H, 

 w. 24 mm.) has the ridges at base of prothorax abundantly distinct; 

 there are three on each side, the outer longer than the inner; the 

 median carina is continuous to base; the specimen appears to be 



