BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 239 



intermediates. Femora feebly dentate and, except the posterior, 

 feebly grooved. Length 8, rostrum 2|; width 4 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland (Herr J. Faust). Described by Mr. Pascoe 

 as coming from Aru. 



I have two specimens under examination; in one of them the 

 rostrum is almost black, in the other it is almost a bright red. 

 The excavation on the head is much less pronounced than in 

 undulata, and cannot be seen from above, although very distinct 

 if viewed from along the rostrum; the eyes are more coarsely 

 faceted, the two basal joints of the funicle are equal, the disc of 

 the prothorax is not triangular, and the apex is not raised above 

 the level of the elytra; these are not triangularly flattened at the 

 base; the punctures of the under surface, especially at the sides 

 of the metasternum and on its episterna, are very much larger, 

 and the whole insect is considerably smaller. 



Genus Pezichus, Waterhouse. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (2) ii. p. 193; Lacord., Gen. Col.vii. p. 126. 



Head convex, not concealed. Eyes large, coarsely faceted, 

 almost touching beneath. Rostrum long and thin, feebly or 

 moderately curved. Antennce long and thin; scape in 9 inserted 

 about one third from apex, in $ almost at extreme apex; 2nd 

 joint of funicle long or very long; club long or very long, joints 

 not visible. Prothorax subconical, deeper than wide, ocular lobes 

 obtuse and almost level with apex, constriction shallow, base 

 truncate. Scutellum small. Ehjlra widest at base and consider- 

 ably wider than prothorax. Pectoral canal deep and narrow, 

 terminated between intermediate coxa?. Mesosternal recejytacle 

 sloping from base to apex, U-shaped; slightly cavernous. Meta- 

 sternum shorter than the following segment, episterna rather 

 wide. Abdomen with straight sutures. Legs long and thin; 

 femora dentate and very feebly grooved, posterior passing elytra; 

 tibijB compressed and slightly curved; tarsi thin, 1st joint very 

 long. Convex, moderately squamose, fasciculate, winged. 



A remarkable genus, allied to Protopalus, as noted by Mr. 

 Waterhouse. 



