454 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID.?:, 



of the species have dentate and others edentate femora ; with 

 several species it is only the male that has dentate femora, and in 

 at least one species (Fezichus binotatus) it is certainly the reverse. 

 The femora may or may not pass the elytra in congeners, but this 

 character is usually constant. Their grooving I think is to be 

 depended upon, though varying in the diflPerent legs. The tibiae 

 nearly always terminate in a hook, and there is frequently a small 

 tuft of setae or elongate scales close to it. The tarsi in certain 

 groups (especially in the allies of Poropterus) appear to be variable, 

 and I consider it necessary in certain cases to join species having 

 linear tarsi with those in which the 3rd joint is more or less 

 widel}' bilobed. The claw joint is usually constant, and I regard 

 it as improbable that two species, of which one has this joint 

 squamose and the other glabrous, can belong to the same genus. 

 Attention was first directed to this character by Mr. Pascoe, and 

 slight as it may appear, it is undoubtedly very useful. 



As an aid towards identification, tabulations of the species will be 

 appended to the generic diagnoses, and these, whenever possible, 

 will be founded on easily recognisable features. In the case of 

 Poropterus short descriptions of the groups and sj^ecies are given, 

 as many of the species (though sufficiently distinct), do not possess 

 strongl}^ marked or reliable characters for tabulation. 



The material I have under examination is rich in species from 

 New South Wales, Southern Queensland, and South-Western 

 Australia; comparatively rich in Northern Queensland, Victorian 

 and Tasmanian forms, and poor in species from South and North- 

 western Australia. From the Northern Territory of South 

 Australia I have none at present. 



For the gift or loan of specimens from various jDarts of Aus- 

 tralia I have to thank Rev. Thos. Blackburn, and Messrs. G., A. 

 and N. Blackmore, Horace W. Brown, A. J. Coates, D., S., W. 

 and W. Dumbrell, J. Faust, C. French, C. E. Fuller, Pv. Helms, 

 W. Kershaw, Senr., S. Macsorley, the late A. Sidney OllifF, W. 

 E. Raymond, T. G. Sloane, A. Simson, J. C. Wiburd, and, in 

 particular, Mr. George Masters. The latter gentleman has 

 supplied me with specimens (which might almost l)e regarded as 



