472 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONIDiE, 



and as long as apical. Legs long; posterior femora just passing 

 elytra ; tibiae feebly compressed and very feebly curved ; tarsi 

 narrow, 3rd joint feebly bilobed, 4th distinctly longer than 1st. 

 Length 16|^, rostrum 4|; width 7 mm. 



^. Differs in being smaller, scales less uniformly coloured, 

 rostrum more curved, scape inserted closer to apex, legs a little 

 longer and elytra less parallel. 



ILah. — Tweed and Richmond Rivers, N.S.W. (Lea). Originally 

 described from Queensland. 



PoROPTERUS SPHACELATUS, Pasc; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5440. 



Upper surface moderately densely clothed (densest on tubercles 

 and apex of prothorax) with feebly elongate brown scales; on the 

 apex, median line, and sides of prothorax, sides near base, and 

 suture at declivity of elytra, they are much paler; under surface 

 with sparse, scarcely elongate scales, tibiae with elongate scales, 

 scape with a few at apex; rostrum moderately clothed. Ciliation 

 minute, silvery-yellow. 



Convex, subcylindric, feebly tuberculate. ^eoc? convex; ocular 

 fovea distinct; eyes rather coarsely granulate, apex produced; 

 rostrum thick, feebly curved, coarsely punctate in ^, in ^ the 

 rostrum a little longer, flatter, and with the punctures less 

 obscured ; antennse rather thick, scape inserted about three- 

 sevenths from apex, in neither sex reaching extreme ajDex, basal 

 joint of funicle slightly longer than 2nd, 2nd the length of two 

 following combined; club shortly elliptic, free. Prothorax longer 

 than wide, apex produced, bifurcate, more than half the width of 

 base; sides and base rounded; ocular lobes less prominent than in 

 the preceding; constriction deep but short, continued as a 

 depression across summit; tubercles and scutellar lobe similar to 

 but smaller than preceding. Elytra less parallel and slightly 

 broader than .in j3receding, tubercles similar in position but 

 decidedly smaller, the basal of 4th interstice decidedly larger 



