412 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^, VIII., 



white) scales, having a more or less speckled appearance. Legs 

 densely, under surface moderately densely squamose. Head and 

 basal half of rostrum squamose. 



Head with coarse partially concealed punctures; ocular fovea 

 deep, subtriangular and unusually large, its walls shining. 

 Rostrum very little longer than prothorax, sides lightly incurved 

 to middle; basal half with coarse, partiall}' concealed punctures 

 and with three acute ridges; apical lialf suhopaque and with 

 moderately large but not dense punctures. Scape inserted at 

 about the middle of rostrum and much shorter than funicle; of 

 the latter the 2nd joint is distinctly longer than the 1st, and the 

 7th is transverse; club cylindrical. Prothorax strongly convex 

 and distinctly transverse, sides strongly rounded; with moderately 

 large, dense, round, clearly cut, non-confluent punctures; median 

 carina very feeble and rather short. Elytra not much wider 

 than prothorax and more than thrice as long; with series of 

 moderately large, oblong, more or less confluent punctures, 

 becoming not much smaller posteriorly; interstices not separately 

 convex, much wider than punctures, themselves rather densely 

 punctate. Under surface densely and moderately strongly punc- 

 tate throughout. Metasternum longer than the following seg- 

 ment. Abdominal sutures straight. Femora rather short and 

 not very acutely dentate, posterior scarcely extending to apical 

 segment. Length 8, rostrum 2; width 3^ mm. 



9. Differs in having the rostrum rather wider than in the male, 

 highly polished and lightl}' punctate except at basal third, and 

 the scape is inserted slightly closer to base than apex of rostrum. 



Hah.—Q,.\ Cooktown (Mr. C. French). 



A narrow, cylindrical species in which the ocular fovea occupies 

 more than half the space between the eyes; it is the only species 

 here described in which the rostrum of the 5 is no longer than 

 that of the ^. The scales are sometimes snowy white and 

 usually form three feeble lines down the prothorax; on the elytra 

 they form more or less irregular narrow fasciae (on one specimen 

 six of these are traceable), but they are seldom distinct. 



