646 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID.E, 



grooved, the grooves parallel with and just above scrobes and 

 terminating before antenna?. Scape slighth^ curved and com- 

 pressed; basal joint of funicle thicker and shorter than 2nd, 2nd 

 the length of 3rd-4th, these equal and equal in length to 5th-7th; 

 ■club the length of five preceding joints, subsolid, fineh' pubescent. 

 Prothorax conical, transverse; finely punctate; with a very feeble 

 median carina (sometimes entirely absent). Scutellum small, 

 rounded, shining. Elytra subcordate, almost twice the length of 

 prothorax and wider at base, shoulders thickened ; each with 

 eleven rows of small shallow punctures ; interstices round in 

 places, scarcely raised; apex slightly emarginate. Apical segment 

 of abdomen densely and rather coarsely punctate. Legs finely 

 punctate ; anterior femora almost edentate, each of the others 

 with a moderated strong tooth: anterior tibia without a small sub- 

 apical tooth, but the terminal hook large. Length 13|, rostrum 

 4; width 7 mm. 



9. Differs in being less robust, prothorax less transverse, 

 anterior legs shorter, rostrum thinner and slightly longer, not at 

 all incurved to middle and dilated to apex, antennae thinner and 

 the scape not extending quite to apex of rostrum. 



Hah. — S. Queensland — Northern Coastal Rivers of New South 

 Wales. 



The eye-like spots on the elytra render this species one of the 

 most distinct of the Australian weevils; in even greatly abraded 

 specimens they remain intact. The locality of "Sydney" given 

 by Herr Redtenbacher is probably incorrect. 



Perissops carus, n.sp. 



Elliptic, moderately convex, lightly shining. Reddish-brown, 

 antennse paler. More or less densely clothed with scales varjnng 

 from white to sooty-brown. Head with sooty scales, a small 

 yellowish spot between eyes, one behind each, and one at base; 

 prothorax with a large discal subtriangular patch of pale fawn 

 and white scales, the white scales in jDatches; a small disconnected 

 white spot on each side of apex, flanks with dark scales; scutellum 

 glabrous (in three specimens); elj^ra with white, pale fawn and 



