496 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^, 



club large, free, four-jointed. Prothorax a little longer than 

 wide, apex feebly produced, at constriction almost as wide as base; 

 ocular lobes feeble; constriction deep, visible from above, not 

 continued across summit ; sides rounded and narrowing from 

 middle to base, median carina feeble, a depression on each side 

 at its apex; transverse row of tubercles feeble. Elytra not twice 

 the length of prothorax, widest about the middle, liase rounded, 

 alternate interstices and suture on declivity feebly raised, with 

 rows of large almost concealed punctures. Basal segment of 

 abdi'ineti about once and one-half the length of 2nd, intercoxal 

 process feebly concave; intermediates flat, not depressed below 

 the level and almost the length of apical. Posterior /^/Hoj-a passing, 

 middle of apical segment; tibiaj short, compressed, ver}' feebly 

 curved on their upper surface; 3rd tarsal joint moderately bilobed. 

 Length 6^, rostrum 2; width 2| mm. 



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



In this species the large abdominal punctures are so completely 

 concealed liy scales as to be invisible unless the scales be i-emoved. 



POROPTERUS HARPAGUS, n.sp. 



^ (l). Very densely clothed (densest on upper surface) with 

 minute muddy-brown scales; prothorax with slightly elongate sooty 

 scales at apex, on tubercles, and a few sprinkled about; elytral 

 fascicles of 2nd, ith, and base of 6th interstices narrow, moderately 

 distinct; under surface (especially apical abdominal segments) 

 and legs with feebly elongate paler scales, on the tibia? jnore 

 elongate and blackish ; head and rostrum densely squamose. 

 Ciliation minute, silvery-yellow. 



Convex, tubercles very small. Head with an elongate depres- 

 sion about ocular fovea; eyes round, coarsely granulate; rostrum 

 rather slender, feebly curved, almost parallel ; scape inserted 

 about two-fifths from apex, passing muzzle for a short distance; 

 basal joint of funicle thick, more than half the length of 2nd, 2nd 

 not as long as three following combined, 3rd-7th transverse, 7th 

 very wide; club large, four-jointed, almost free. Prothorax longer 



