*240 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID.E, VII., 



Pezichus binotatus, Waterh.; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5565. 



Black, opaque, antennae and apical joints of tarsi reddish. 

 Above with irregular and not dense ferruginous scales, denser 

 on elytral suture, prosternum and legs tlmn elsewhere; sparse on 

 under surface and subfasciculate on elj^tral tubercles; on rostrum 

 of 9 at base only, on ^ almost to middle. A small whitish 

 fascicle on each side of elytra just behind the middle on 3rd 

 interstice. 



Read with three small rounded nude spaces in the middle like 

 a pawnbroker's sign, in 9 two only. Rostrum in ^ almost as long 

 as anterior femora, almost straight, a feeble carina extending to 

 apical third (which is shining); with two almost obsolete rows of 

 punctures on each side of carina; in 9 the rostrum is shorter and 

 more curved, shining almost its entire length, carinate and 

 punctate only on basal fourth. Antennae in g very elongate; 

 scape inserted almost at extreme apex of rostrum; 1st joint of 

 f unicle short, not one-third the length of 2nd, 2nd as long as four 

 following combined and a little longer than club, 7th shortest of 

 all; in 9 the scape is inserted about one-third from apex, 2nd 

 joint of f unicle not three times as long as 1st, not as long as four 

 following combined, and shorter than club, which is a little 

 thicker than in ^. Prothorax longer and deeper than wide, apex 

 rounded, basal two-thirds parallel, ocular lobe rounded; a narrow 

 shining carina extending from apex and becoming feebler at base; 

 upper sides with regular granules; lower punctate. SciUellum 

 small, round, elevated, almost nude. Elytra about once and 

 one-half the width of prothorax and more than twice its length, 

 shoulders oblique; with regular rows of punctures that are more 

 distinct towards the sides; interstices convex and wider than 

 punctures, 3rd and 5th feebly, the 7th and 9th still more feebly 

 tuberculate; apex narrow and feebly emarginate. Mesosternal 

 receptacle twice as long as wide. Basal segment of abdomen in 

 (J not twice the length of 2nd, sparsely punctate, intercoxal 

 process narrow, truncate, its sides raised and parallel, 2nd not 

 distinctlv longer than 3rd, both flattened in the middle, 3rd with 



