650 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID.E, 



and shallowly grooved, sides grooved, grooves above but not parallel 

 with scrobes, and terminating at antenna\ Two basal joints of 

 funicle elongate, 1st slightly longer than 2nd, 3rd-7tli gradually 

 increasing in width and decreasing in length; club the length of four 

 preceding joints, /Vo^Aora.x' subconical, transverse; finely punctate, 

 flanks punctured almost as in P. mucidus, but the punctures more 

 open. Elytra about thrice the length of prothorax, slightly wider 

 at base, slightly the widest about middle ; suture with three 

 distinct slopes (2 mm. at base raised at about 60°, 7 mm. in middle 

 decreasing at about 15°, 5 mm. posterior declivity at about -15°); 

 rather densely granulate except on apical fourth, a few glossy 

 granules on 2nd-5th interstices near base; each elytron with ten 

 almost impunctate stride, interstices rounded, scarcely raised ; 

 apex feebly emarginate. Apical segment of ahdomen with a few 

 large punctures. Legs finely punctate; femora dentate, the inter- 

 mediate more strongly than the others; anterior tibiae bisinuate 

 beneath, each with a small subapical tooth in addition to the 

 terminal hook. Length 13J, rostrum 3J; width 6^ mm. 



5. Differs in being less robust, rostrum shining, finely punctate, 

 much narrower and not carinate, antennae thinner, scape not 

 reaching apex of rostrum, legs shorter, and eh'tral suture less 

 raised. 



Hah. — N.Q.: Endeavour River (Mr. G. Masters). 



Approaches P. mucidus, but is abundantly distinct from that 

 species. The outline of the male, when viewed from the side, 

 resembles a reaper's sickle, as it does also in mucidus. There are 

 a few granules about apex of elytra, but they are usually con- 

 cealed by scales. 



Perissops granulatus, n.sp. 



Elliptic, opaque. Black, antenna^ and apical joints of tarsi of. 

 a rather dingy red. Rather sparsely clothed with dingy whitish 

 scales, denser on apical third of elytra and sides of prothorax 

 than elsewhere. Under surface and legs rather sparsely squamose, 

 the scales varying in colour from dingy white to brown; apical 

 segment of abdomen densely squamose ; anterior portion of 



