414 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULlONIDiE, 



Eyes separated considerably less than width 

 of rostrum at base. 



. Femora feebly dentate assimilis, n.s^. 



Femora strongly dentate. 



Elytral interstices with punctures along 



middle imrdalU, Pasc. 



Elytral interstices without such punc- 

 tures religiosns, n.sp. 



TvRTiEOSUS MiCROTHORAX, Pasc. I l.c. No. 555 



Black; antenn£e and claws dull piceous-red. Rather unevenly 

 clothed with scales of varying shades of brown and yellow; vary- 

 ing in shape from short, quadrate or spatulate, to elongate seta?. 

 Head with pale brown scales at base of rostrum and behind eyes; 

 prothorax with pale brown setose scales and a few shorter and 

 almost white at sides; disc with three feeble longitudinal stripes 

 of setose scales ; scutellum with brownish scales ; elytra with 

 rather small scales, a large very irregular patch of pale yellowish 

 scales near the sides and extending obliquely backwards to near 

 suture, then irregularly to apex, pale brown ones at base, along 

 suture and sides, a few small patches of dark brown ones scattered 

 about, short pale setse at apex and sides; sterna and legs with 

 long pale setose scales; metasternal episterna with embedded 

 scales at each end; abdomen with pale and rather setose scales 

 on 1st segment, 2nd with shorter sooty-brown scales and a few 

 pale ones scattered about, 3rd and 4th each with one distinct 

 row of sooty scales and a few smaller and paler ones scattered 

 about, their sides with paler and denser scales. 



Head densely punctate; a shining distinct carina from base to 

 ocular fovea (which is partially concealed); a depression on each 

 side behind eyes. Rostrum shining; almost parallel to near apex 

 where it is distinctly widened; coarsely punctate at base, the 

 punctures decreasing in size and number to apex. Funicle with 

 lst-2nd joints equal, moderately elongate, the length of 4th-6th 

 combined, 6th-7th globular. Prothorax transverse, base bisinuate;. 

 a shining median carina continuous from base to apex, but partially 

 concealed by scales; densely punctate and with small shining. 



