456 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^, 



subparallel; convex, but occasionally flattened; shoulders usually 

 strongly rounded off, sometimes with a large tubercle projecting 

 more or less over prothorax; base applied more or less closely to 

 prothorax ; feebly bi-, tri-, quadri-, multi-sinuate or truncate ;. 

 apex more or less produced, rounded, mucronate, or tuberculate; 

 usually supplied with large tubercles arranged in rows; sometimes 

 granulate, fasciculate, never smooth ; punctures obliterated,, 

 distinct, or increasing to fovese, more or less filled with scales^ 

 regular or irregular. Pectoral canal terminating between two 

 pairs of anterior legs. Mesosternal receptacle cavernous, moderately 

 raised, semicircular in front. Meso- and metasternum narrow, 

 apex of the latter truncate between anterior coxte, base emarginate 

 and often with a small shallow depression. Basal segment of 

 abdomen large, usually about twice the length of 2nd; intercoxal 

 process broad, feebly produced in the middle; apex feebly arcuate,, 

 behind the coxa? often very feebly raised; suture between 1st and 

 2nd distinct; 2nd feebly arcuate or parallel-sided; intermediates 

 narrow, often slightly below the general level, their combined 

 length equal to or shorter than apical. Legs moderately long, 

 anterior and posterior slightly different in length and sexually 

 variable. Femora linear, edentate; seldom reaching or passing- 

 apex of abdomen and very seldom passing elytra, and then for a- 

 very short distance in the males, usually terminating at about 

 the middle of the posterior declivity. Tihioi short, straight, or 

 very feebly curved, somewhat compressed. Tarsi usually about 

 two-thirds the length of tibite, 3rd joint narrowly, sometimes 

 broadly bilobed, in rubus entire; more or less densely padded 

 beneath, the padding when viewed from some directions appears 

 silvery at apices and sides; claw-joint elongate, about equal to the 

 basal, with minute scales and dense hairs; claws free, widely or 

 moderately sejiarated. Body more or less densely covered with 

 scales, never smooth and shining; usually almost as deep as wide, 

 l)ut sometimes much wider than deep; either elliptic, cylindric or 

 subcylindric; apterous. 



This genus was proposed by SchonheiT to receive several Tas- 

 manian species, and as was often the case where but few species. 



