648 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID.E, 



sterna. Head with ochreous scales disposed in patches, sides of 

 base of rostrum squamose. 



^e«cZ finely punctate; ocular fovea deep and distinct: a narrow 

 shining carina commencing at fovea and continued almost to 

 antenna3, at its side two feeble irregular ridges slightly curved 

 and terminating before carina. Rostrum long, rather flat, curved 

 at apex; densel}' punctate and opaque; sides grooved, the groove 

 just above but scarcely parallel with scrobes, terminating at 

 antenna?. Scape straight; two basal joints of funicle elongate, 

 3rd-6th feebly decreasing, 7th slightly larger than 6th; club the 

 length of four preceding joints. Prothorax subconical, transverse, 

 finely punctate ; on the flanks, especially towards base, w^ith 

 dense, rather large oblique punctures; constriction marked by 

 rather small deep punctures. Scvtellum small, longer than w*ide, 

 smooth, apex pointed. Elytra along suture considerably more 

 than thrice the length of prothorax, at base scarcely wider, widest 

 about middle; middle strongl}'- raised and suture almost crested, 

 summit nearer base than apex, posterior declivity fully half total 

 length; each with ten rows of small punctures; interstices rounded, 

 scarcely raised; basal two-thirds of suture rather densely granu- 

 late, the granules minute, depressed, shining and placed in 

 transverse series; apex scarcely emarginate. Apical segment of 

 abdomen with large, round, shallow punctures. Leys finel}" 

 punctate; femora dentate, the anterior less strongl}^ than the 

 others; anterior tibiae bisinuate beneath, w ith a subapical swelling 

 but without a tooth. Length 12 J, rostrum 3^; width 6 J mm. 



9. Differs in being usually larger, legs shorter, elytra with 

 suture much less distinctly raised in the middle and almost 

 obsoletely granulate, rostrum smooth, shining and finely punctate, 

 antennoe thinner, scape just reaching apex of rostrum, and paler. 



Hah. — S. Queensland — Northern Coastal Rivers of K ew South 

 Wales. 



The crest on the elytra is more distinct than in the other 

 species here described. The small brown scales on the elytra are 

 invisible to the naked eye, as they so closely resemble the derm 



