606 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CUECULIONID.E. X , 



thorax, elytra, under surface and legs much as iu P. antares. 

 Length 3|, rostrum J; width 1| mm. 



Hah. — Tasmania. Type in Mr. A. Simson's Collection. 



The apex of the rostrum is less coarsely punctate than is 

 usually the case in males of this genus. The species strongly 

 j-esembles P. antares in miniature. 



■Genus Metyrus Pascoe, Journ. Linn.Soc. Zool. xi. 1872, ]).482. 



Head large. Eyes finely faceted. Rostrum stout, feebly 

 curved, the length of prothorax, apex slightly wider than middle. 

 Antennce stout; scape shorter than funicle, inserted nearer apex 

 than base; funicle with two basal joints stout and not very long; 

 club rather large. Prothorax rather suddenly narrowed towards 

 and subtubular at apex; basal two-thirds subparallel. Elytra 

 slightly wider than prothorax. Pectoral canal rather wide, 

 terminated between four anterior coxse. Mesosternal receptacle 

 raised; emargination widely transverse; decidedly cavernous. 

 Femora grooved and dentate. 



Metyrus albicollis Germ.; Mast. Cat., Sp.No.553y. 



Cryptorhynchus albicollis Germ.; Metyrus collaris Pasc, I.e., 

 .No.54i6. 



Piceous-black. Densely clothed with chocolate-brown scale.s, 

 becoming subfasciculate in places on the elytra; prothorax (except 

 at extreme apex and sides and a large round spot on each side of 

 base), each shoulder and an apical spot on each elytron, with 

 whitish scales. Middle of metasternum, a spot on each side of 

 mesosternum, a trident shaped patch on abdomen and under 

 surface of femora with whitish scales; femora and tibiae feebly 

 ringed. Prothorax with seven fascicles : two at apex (half white 

 and half brown) and five across middle (all white), the middle 

 one supported on an enlargement of the median carina; elytra 

 with numerous small fascicles, but a very distinct one on each 

 side of scutellum. 



