466 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONIDjE, xii., 



I am not acquainted with the typical form of this genus, or 

 with any other, except the one described below, and which agrees 

 with Schonherr's diagnosis. The sides of the mesosternal re- 

 ceptacle are pointed, and produced to beyond the middle of the 

 front coxae, these being slightly depressed to allow of their 

 passage; in the majority of the genera, these points (when pre- 

 sent), usually touch the hind margin of the coxae. The wings are 

 much too small to be of any use in flight; they are, however, of 

 the typical weevil-form, and with all the parts perfect. A similar 

 case of minute and useless, although perfectly formed, wings, may 

 be seen in the Tasmanian Prostomus scutellaris. 



Tragopus plagiatus Pasc; Mast. Cat., Sp.No.5461. 



Sparsely clothed with small greyish or whitish scales, giving 

 the derm a dingy appearance, and condensed on the sides of the 

 elytra into two feeble oblique stripes, one at basal third, and one 

 at apical third. 



Head with neither large nor dense punctures. Prothorax with 

 small and indistinct punctures. Elytra scarcely wider than pro- 

 thorax, parallel-sided to near apex; with series of rather large 

 but shallow punctures; three sutural interstices on each side, 

 from near base to beyond the middle, with small, feebly shining, 

 transverse ridges or granules. Legs very long. Length, 14 mm. 



Hob. — Queensland: Wide Bay, Cairns. 



The elytral markings (especially the hind one) are usually 

 feebly defined, and the scales are dense only at sides of abdomen. 

 Even the claws are black. The hind femora just perceptibly 

 pass the apex of the elytra in the <J, and are level with it in 

 the 9. 



Tragopus tuberosus Bohem.; I.e., No.5462. 



I have not seen this species; as it is described as having a 

 scutellum and stout femora, it is probably not congeneric with 

 the preceding one. 



Genus Niconotus Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1870,p.468. 

 Head feebly convex. Eyes coarsely faceted. Rostrum moder- 

 ately long. Scape inserted much closer to apex than base of 



