626 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONIDiE, X., 



two species : M. baridioides, from New Zealand, and J/, australue 

 from Queensland and New South Wales. In shape both stronglj^ 

 resemble Metacymia, have the long claw-joint, and small and 

 coarsely faceted eyes of most of the allies of Chcetectetoriis, and 

 the large metasternum of Pseudapi'ies, with, to a certain extent, 

 the large abdominal punctures of that genus; and the subapicai 

 tooth to the tibiae as in Eutkyrrhinus; and, although the femora 

 are not so stout as those of Sympiezoscelus, they are equally as 

 stout as those of Bepharus. 



MiTRASTETHUS AUSTRALIA Lea, Mem. Soc. Ent. Beige, xvi. 1908, 



p.T77. 



Jjab. — Queensland, and northern coastal rivers of New South 

 Wales. 



Bepharus Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p. 207. 



Rostrum moderately long and rather thin, moderately curved 

 throughout. Ayitennce thin; scape inserted distinctly nearer apex 

 than base of rostrum, slightl}^ shorter than funicle; club ovate, 

 free. Prothorax slightly transverse. Elytra subcordate, slightly 

 wider than prothorax at base, widest before middle, apex pro- 

 duced and flattened, each inwardly oblique to suture. Intercoxal 

 process of abdomen moderately wide. Tibice slightly compressed, 

 almost straight, without subapicai tooth, the terminal hook 

 rather feeble. 



Bepharus ellipticus Pasc; Mast. Cat., Sp. No.5572. 



Bright reddish-castaneous, highly polished. Tibia?, apex of 

 elytra, flanks of prosternum and sides at base of rostrum feebly 

 squamosa, elsewhere glabrous. 



Head impunctate, transversely and narrowly impressed between 

 eyes. Rostrum the length of prothorax, parallel-sided from 

 behind antennae to apex, a groove on each side from base to 

 antennae; impunctate. Scape inserted at apical two-fifths of 

 rostrum, passing apex; 1st joint of funicle twice the length of 

 2nd. Prothorax very slightly convex; feebly punctate towards 



