418 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID.E, 



longer than 2nd, 3rcl-7th transverse. Prothorax scarcel}^ wider 

 than long, apex narrow, sides rounded and feebly increasing to 

 base ; median carina shining, not continued to apex ; densely 

 punctate, punctures deep and round. Scutellum almost circular. 

 Elytra suboblong-cordate, slightly wider than prothorax and not 

 thrice its length ; shoulders feebly rounded ; punctate-striate, 

 punctures partially concealed ; interstices moderately narrow, 

 raised, interrupted throughout and appearing on each elytron as 

 nine rows of elongate punctured granules. Under surface densely 

 punctate; metasternal episterna with a shining impunctate space 

 near apex; intermediate segments rather narrow, their sutures 

 wide. Vo^teviov femora reaching apical segment: tibiae grooved, 

 base not very strongly curved, the posterior wider than the four 

 anterior; claw-joint and claws smaller than usual. Length 5f, 

 rostrum If; width 2f mm. 

 Hah. — N. Queensland. 



Tyrt^osus biseriatus, n.sp. 



Piceous-black ; legs, rostrum and elytral interstices paler, 

 antennse pale red. Head with ochreous and brown scales inter, 

 mingled; prothorax with three moderate!}' distinct longitudinal 

 stripes of ochreous scales, sides with larger and more regular 

 scales; scutellum densely squamose, the scales very small and 

 whitish ; elytra with ochreous scales giving them a spotted 

 appearance; metasternal episterna with embedded scales at each 

 end; scales of under surface uniform in colour, each of the 3rd 

 and 4th abdominal segments with two distinct rows of obtrian- 

 gular scales. 



Head punctate and granulate; ocular fovea invisible; eyes 

 rather widely separated. Rostrum parallel, highly polished, a 

 feeble carina extending almost its entire length, elsewhere rather 

 coarsely punctate. Funicle with 1st joint obtriangular, slightly 

 longer than 2nd, the others transverse and feebly widening to 

 apex; club large. Protliorax feebly transverse; densely granulate, 

 the granules subopaque; with a feeble uninterrupted median carina. 

 Elytra wider than prothorax and scarcely thrice its length ; 



