251 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID.E, VII., 



adpressed scales; above with greyish- or pale sooty-brown scales 

 forming on prothorax a broad median stripe not continuous to 

 apex, with a few small spots and a feeble white stripe down its 

 middle; scutellum with white scales; elytra with numerous white 

 transverse spots seldom extending over one interstice, and some- 

 times partly confluent; the spots are more numerous towards 

 base and sides than elsewhere; posterior declivity with a white 

 stripe on suture; head with white scales, rostrum entirely nude. 



Head densely punctate; ocular fovea elongate, rather distinct. 

 Rostrum as long as prothorax, distinctly curved, subparallel to 

 insertion of antennae, densely punctate at extreme base and sides, 

 smooth elsewhere. Scape not as long as two basal joints of funicle, 

 these subequal, about once and one-half the length of 3rd, 3rd- 

 7th gradually decreasing in length, none of them transverse. 

 Prothorax transverse, sides rounded, base strongly bisinuate, 

 apex slightly more than half the width of base. Scutellum sub- 

 quadrate, not at all raised. Elytra about twice and one-half the 

 length of prothorax, and at base scarcely more than once and 

 one-quarter the width, subcordate, apex entire; with ten striae 

 on each elytron, narrow, but distinct throughout and apparently 

 with elongate punctures. Unclear surface as in the preceding. 

 Anterior tibice with numerous small distinct teeth, less numerous 

 and noticeable on the two posterior. Length 5|, rostrum 2; 

 width 2 1 mm. 



Hah. — N.W. Australia (Macleay Museum). 



In this species the prothorax is more rounded than is usual; 

 the white scales in the dark prothoracic stripe occasionally form 

 a feeble cross; A. argus and A. Uneatus are the only other species 

 with visible elytral striae; in the others they are concealed by 

 scales except at sides and apex. 



AoNYCHUs LUCTUosus, Pasc; he. No. 5533. 



Black, rostrum highly polished, eyes dark brown. Densely 

 clothed with narrow white elongate adpressed scales, mixed above 

 with sooty-black scales irregularly dispersed, and either occupy- 



