420 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID.E, 



4th abdominal segments very irregular. Femora rather thin, 

 feebly dentate, the posterior extending to middle of apical seg- 

 ment; tibia? grooved, equal. Length 4, rostrum f; width If mm. 



Hah. — Tasmania. 



The rostrum is coarsely punctate throughout; the femora are 

 long and rather thin, the anterior pair being very feebly dentate. 



Tyrt.eosus iEMULUS, n.sp. 



Differs from the preceding species in having elytral scales very 

 much sparser and slightly more elongate (and under a microscope 

 seen to be very different in shape); the scales on the intermediate 

 segments almost circular and forming one distinct and very regular 

 row ; rostrum slightly shorter, much less coarsely and more 

 regularly punctate, less densely squamose and with a shining 

 carina; the elytral punctures are coarser; the femora somewhat 

 stouter, and the posterior pair do not reach the apical segment. 

 Length 4, rostrum f ; width 1| mm. 



^«6._N.S.W. : Galston, Forest Reefs (Dumbrell k Lea). 



This species very strongly resembles ustulatuSj but the differ- 

 ences noted above appear to me to be incompatible with specific 

 identity. I have five specimens agreeing in all particulars except 

 size, and that variable to but a very slight extent (not half a milli- 

 metre between the two extremes). Of ustulatus I have under 

 examination two specimens kindly lent to me by Mr. Masters. 



Tyrt^osus dolosus, n.sp. (Faust MS.). 



Black, elytral interstices tinged with red; antennse dull reddish- 

 piceous; claws dull red. Head with pale ochreous-brown scales, 

 densest about eyes and base of rostrum; prothorax with three 

 feeble longitudinal rows of ochreous scales on disc, disc with sooty 

 black scales not rising to general level and scarcely visible, the 

 sides with sooty and white scales and large pale ochreous ones 

 near the apex; scutellum densely squamose, the scales pale; elytra 

 with sooty scarcely visible scales and others of an ochreous-red 

 colour and irregularly distributed; the darker spaces appearing 

 as a feeble Maltese cross; metasternal episterna with scales con- 



