248 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^, VII., 



Bleptocis collaceratus, n.sp. 



g (1). Black and moderately shining; antennae dull red, club 

 darker. Apical third of prothorax and posterior declivity of 

 elytra (except on sides) with dense white scales, rest of upper 

 surface with indistinct and very sparse sooty and obscure whitish 

 scales. Under surface, legs, head and rostrum with rather sparse 

 sooty and white or whitish scales. 



Head with coarse but rather indistinct punctures. Rostrum 

 slightly longer than prothorax, not very thin, distinctly curved; 

 with moderately coarse punctures throughout but partially con- 

 cealed behind antennte,^ behind which is a feeble median ridge. 

 Scape inserted two-fifths from apex of rostrum and very slightly 

 shorter than funicle; two basal joints of the latter equal in length, 

 5th-7th transverse. Prothorax moderately transverse, base 

 bisinuate, sides rounded; with coarse confluent punctures, the 

 interspaces appearing as granules; with a very distinct shining 

 and almost continuous median carina. Scutellnm convex, its 

 outlines rounded. Elytra elongate-cordate, about thrice the 

 •length and once and one-third the width of prothorax, each 

 separately rounded at base and apex, sides subparallel to near 

 apex; with deep, more or less oblong and very large punctures or 

 fove^, except posteriorly; interstices much narrower than and 

 considerably interrupted by punctures; suture distinctly granu- 

 late, a few granules elsewhere. Under surface with indistinct 

 punctures except for some large ones at the sides between the 

 four posterior coxse. Legs thin and densely punctate; femora 

 rather finely but acutely dentate, posterior extending to apical 

 segment. Length 6^, rostrum 2; width 3 mm. 



Ilab. — N.S.W. : South Country (t3^pe in Macleay Museum). 



The white (or cream-coloured) patches of scales at the apex 

 of prothorax and elytra are very distinct and sharply defined. 

 The elytral punctures are unusually large, the alternate inter- 

 stices between them being feebly raised, this elevation being 

 more distinct to the naked eye than under a lens. "South 

 Country " probably means about Goulburn. 



