434 REVISION OP THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID.E, 



or less central puncture. Abdomen with two rows of punctures; 

 those on metasternal episterna not continuous. Femora edentate. 

 Length 5, rostrum 1 J; width 2J mm. 



Hab.—l^.W. Australia (Macleay Mus.). 



The elytral interstices are very peculiar; each appears (especially 

 towards the base) to be divided into series of squares each of 

 which contains a more or less central puncture. It is this char- 

 acter which renders it so distinct from the preceding species, 

 which otherwise it strongly resembles. 



H Y P E R I s o M A, n.g. 



Head rather large and feebly convex, not concealed. Fyes 

 large, ovate, not very distant, coarsely faceted. Rostrum moder- 

 ately long and not very thin, curved. Scape inserted nearer apex 

 than base of rostrum and the length of funicle; two basal joints 

 of the latter moderately long; club elliptic. Prothorax transverse, 

 sides rounded, base bisinuate, constriction feeble, ocular lobes 

 obtuse. SciUelluM distinct. Elytra oblong-subcordate, base 

 trisinuate and wider than prothorax. Pectoral canal terminated 

 between intermediate coxse. Mesosternal receptacle slightly raised, 

 crescent-shaped, emargination briefly U-shaped; cavernous. Meta- 

 sterniim shorter than the following segment; episterna distinct. 

 Basal segment of abdomen as long as the two following combined, 

 its apex incurved; 2nd-4th with their sides drawn slightly back- 

 wards, 2nd slightly longer than 3rd and 4th combined and dis- 

 tinctly longer than 5th. Legs rather short; femora stout, dentate, 

 not grooved, posterior not passing elytra; tibise compressed and 

 distinctly curved; tarsi normal. Subelliptic, convex, squamose, 

 winged. 



This genus is not a very distinct one, but the combination of 

 characters is such as to forbid the species described below (and 

 which in shape and to a certain extent in clothing resembles the 

 European Hypera ])unctata) being placed in any other genus. 

 From Cryptorliynchus it is distinguished by the base of the elytra, 

 2nd abdominal segment and legs. 



