BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 50& 



duced; apex almost truncate. Basal segment of abdomen more 

 than twice the length of '2nd, posteriorly produced on to 

 middle of 2nd, intercoxal process long, its sides feebly raised; 

 four apical segments level, each of the intermediates fully as long 

 as 2nd at its middle, apical as long as intermediates. Leys long; 

 posterior femora reaching extreme apex of elytra; tibise feebly 

 compressed, straight; tarsi subparallel, flattened, 3rd joint feebly 

 bilobed, 4th distinctly longer than 1st. Length 11, rostrum 2|-; 

 width 4^ mm. 



Ilah.—^. Queensland (Mr. G. Masters). 



The following species are not known to me : — 



P. PYTHON, Pasc, Cist. Ent, ii. 1881, p. 599; (Mast. Cat. 

 54.38). 



Hub. — Port Bowen, Queensland. Pascoe says that " in outline 

 this species resembles P. rubetra, Boh. \^ = Acalles rubetra, Er.]." 

 It may be possible that neither of them is to be referred to 

 Porofteriis. 



P. ixo.MiNATus, Pasc, Ann. Mag. N. H. (4) xi. 1873, p. 197; 

 (Mast. Cat. 5429). 

 Bab. — Queensland. 



P. MUSCULUS, Pasc, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. xi. 1872, p. 483 ; 

 (Mast. Cat. 5433). 



Hab. — ^Tasmania. Pascoe says of it " sutura [abdominis] 

 prima obliterata," and " but the tirst suture, dividing the two 

 [basal abdominal] segments, is only slightly apparent on the 

 sides " — characters which suggest a doubt whether the species is 

 correctly referable to Poropterus. 



P. SATYRUS, Pasc, Ann. Mag. N. H. (4) xi. 1873, p. 197 ; 

 (Mast. Cat. 5439). 



Hab. — Tasmania. Pascoe says of it " segmento ultimo abdo- 

 minis tribus prajcedentibus conjunctim longitudine sequali," — in 

 my opinion, therefore, but doubtfully referable to Poropterus. 



P. FOVEiPENNis, Pasc, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. xi. 1872, p. 484; 

 (Mast. Cat. 5427). 



