500 REVISIOX OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIOMDiE, 



parallel, 3rd joint almost simple. Length 74, rostrum 1|; width 

 3i mm. 



ffab.— Manning River, N.S.W. (Miss S. Dumbrell). 



In this species the posterior femora are thinner than in any- 

 other of the group; the 3rd tarsal joint is no wider than the 2nd; 

 the posterior tibise are very little longer than the anterior, but at 

 the first glance the difference is noticeable. My specimen is 

 remarkably dingy in appearance, but I have satisfied myself that 

 it is entirely due to the scales and not to any extraneous matter. 

 The abdominal punctures in this and the following species are 

 probably present, but cannot be seen on account of the density of 

 the scales by which they are covered. 



POROPTERUS PARALLBLUS, n.sp. 



Above clothed with micx"oscopic sooty scales with sparse black 

 or sooty-brown scales, most noticeable at apex of prothorax; on 

 the under surface and legs the scales are sooty-black, denser and 

 larger than above; head with minute scales, rostrum almost bare. 

 Ciliation ver}^ sparse and minute, silvery. 



Slightly convex, cylindric, almost nontuljerculate. Head with 

 trace of ocular fovea; eyes round, coarsely granulate; rostrum 

 densely and somewhat irregularly punctate, elongate, slender, 

 very feebl}^ curved, almost parallel-sided; scape inserted about 

 two-fifths from apex, passing muzzle ; 2nd joint of funicle not 

 once and one-half the length of 1st, and as long as three following 

 combined, 3rd-6th globular, 7th transverse ; club short, almost 

 free. Prothorax almost flat, subquadrate; apex feebly produced, 

 truncate, not much narrower than base ; ocular lobes almost 

 obsolete ; constriction very feeble ; \nedian carina narrow, flat, 

 continuous from near base almost to apex, a feeble ridge on each 

 side at apex; transverse row of tubercles almost obsolete; with 

 dense and rather small punctures. Elytra more than twice the 

 length of prothorax, and veiy little wider, sides almost parallel 

 to near apex, fully as deep as wide; 2nd interstice very feebly 

 raised, a very feeble tubercle on it at summit of decli^■it3'; apex 



