470 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONIDiE, 



abdomen ; tibiae short, flattened, moderately distinctly but very 

 feebly curved; 3rd tarsal joint widely bilobed, 4th slightly longer 

 than 1st. Length 12, rostrum 2-^; width 3^ mm. 



^aft._Richmond River, KS.W. 



Owing to the density of the scales by which my specimen 

 (apparently 9) is covered, the granules, &c., are rendei-ed some- 

 what indistinct. 



ii. — Scutellum absent. 

 Group D — Type P. sphacelatus. 



Robust, con^■ex, tuberculate. Rostrum feebly bent, not densely 

 squamose. Antennse moderately elongate; scape feebly squamose 

 or setose, inserted a little in front of the middle, seldom reaching, 

 or passing apex of muzzle for but a very short distance; basal 

 joint of funicle equal to or a little longer than 2nd; club subsolid, 

 subadnate to funicle or free. Prothorax with two transverse 

 rows of tubercles, carina slight or absent, with a small scutellar 

 lobe, apex with feebly projecting tubercles giving it a bifurcate 

 appearance. Scutellum absent. Elytra with three more or less 

 large tuliercles on 2nd interstice, declivity with a small usually 

 Avhite-tipped tubercle on 2nd or 3rd interstice, a shining granule 

 on each side of scutellar region. Second abdominal segment not 

 half the length of basal, intermediates very slightly if at all below 

 level of apical. Femora almost reaching, reaching, or slightly 

 passing apex of elytra. Third tarsal joint almost simple. 



Scales uniformly coloured. Subparallel. Tubercles of 



elytra large verves, Pasc. 



Resembling but smaller and less parallel than preceding, 

 tubercles smaller, apex of prothorax, apex and sides 

 of elytra with paler scales; the club a little less 

 elongate and more decidedly free sphacelatus, Pasc. 



"Very different in appearance from either of the preceding.* 

 Prothorax and elytra flattened, the former with a 

 moderately distinct carina ; tubercles more in 

 advance of the middle than in either of them. Base 

 of elytra with a distinct laterally projecting 

 tubercle; apex with large subtriangular tubercles, 

 almost united at base Parryi, AVaterh. 



