BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 101 



Legs long and thin ; tibiae with two minute spines at apex. 

 Length 10, width 2 J mm. 



9. Unknown. 



i^a6.— Mackay, Q. (C. French). 



The elytra are densel}^, finely and uniformly granulate through- 

 out, although at first the granules appear to be nothing but 

 (fairly large) punctures. I cannot satisfy myself that there are 

 any punctures on the head and prothorax other than those from 

 which the pubescence arises. In the type specimen the greater 

 portion of the prosternum is pallid; in another it is entirely 

 dark. 



CURCULIONID^. 



Chrysolophus foveatus, n.sp. 



Deep glossy black; club, palpi and claws of a more or less 

 obscure red. Sparsely clothed with elongate whitish setse; on 

 the scutellum (where they are densest), base of prothorax and 

 elytra becoming elongate, narrow scales. 



Head densely and irregularly punctate and foveate, punctures 

 smaller on vertex than elsewhere and behind eyes obliquely con- 

 fluent; a deep impression from between eyes to prothorax. 

 Rostrum coarsely and irregularly punctate, punctures smaller 

 between antennae than elsewhere. Prothorax strongly convex, 

 sides strongly rounded, with large, irregular foveae. ScutelJum 

 very small. Elytra much wider than prothorax, widest across 

 shoulders, thence distinctly and regularly diminishing in width 

 to near apex, posterior declivity abrupt; seriate-foveate, the 

 foveiie usually much longer than wide, interstices irregular, the 

 third near base raised into an elongate but not very distinct 

 tubercle. Undersurface feebly or not at all punctate, except at 

 sides. Femora dentate, the hind pair very obtusely so. Length 

 14^, width 5J; variation in length 12-14Jmm. 



Z?a6.— Kurrajong (G. Masters) and Sydney, N.S.W. (W. W. 

 Froggatt). 



There are far too many differences in the shape, sculpture and 

 clothing of this species for it to be regarded even as an extreme 



