628 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONIDiE, X., 



tarsi and more distinct on anterior than on posterior pair; tarsi 

 shorter than tibise, 1st joint long, 3rd wide, deeply bilobed, claw- 

 joint long, squamose. Ovate or elliptic, granulate, punctate, 

 squamose, winged. 



Only two species are known from Australia, and these are so 

 different in appearance that, at a glance, they might be supposed 

 to belong to two distinct genera. The two tibial hooks, and the 

 apical mucro of elytra are characters which are not found 

 together in any other Australian genus of the subfamily. 



Elliptic; prothorax with longitudinal fascicles, cari- 



nate and not granulate; elytra long; club short... spinij^ennisW sith. 

 Ovate; prothorax granulate, not fasciculate or cari- 



nate; elytra short; club long meditahiincbis Fahv. 



EuTHYRRHiNUS MEDiTABUNDUS Fabr.: Mast. Cat., Sp.No.5504. 

 Cryptorhynchus monachus Boisd. 



(^. Ovate, convex. Black, subopaque; antennse and claw-joints 

 dull reddish-piceous. Head with obscure whitish scales filling 

 punctures, base of vertex and sides near eyes with white scales, 

 between eyes and base of rostrum with brown and white scales 

 intermingled. Prothorax with white scales forming a short 

 oblique patch on each side near apex, behind each stripe a patch 

 of obscure ochreous scales, a spot of snowy scales on each side of 

 middle, white scales margining scutellar lobe and muddy scales 

 distributed elsewhere, flanks with snowy scales. Elytra with 

 whitish scales distributed about suture, middle and sides near 

 apex, and with brownish or ochreous scales irregularly dispersed. 

 Under surface (including pectoral canal and mesosternal recep- 

 tacle) and legs with dense, snowy, rounded scales closely adpressed 

 to derm, and occasionally with a pale ochreous tinge. 



Head densely punctate, feebly granulate. Rostrum long, 

 straight, densely and rather coarsely punctate throughout; a 

 feeble carina in middle terminating before base and apex. 

 Antennae short, rather thick; scape inserted almost in exact 

 middle of rostrum, shorter than funicle; two basal joints of 

 funicle elongate; club elongate, cylindric to near apex, subsolid. 



