468 REVISION OF THK AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONIDjE, xii., 



from round and depressed to elongate and suberect, on the ros- 

 trum continued to antennae; prothorax feebly fasciculate, elytra 

 with elongate scales crowning the tubercles and rather thickly 

 distributed on the sides. 



Read with punctures concealed, except on extreme vertex. 

 Rostrum in front of antennae coarsely punctate and subopaque, 

 behind them with the sculpture concealed. Prothorax slightly 

 transverse, apex and sides rounded; with rather large and sparse 

 punctures, which are more or less concealed. Elytra subcordate } 

 sides rounded; each with two large and long tubercles on the 

 third interstice, one at basal third, and one (the larger) terminat- 

 ing at summit of posterior declivity; with series of large, distant 

 punctures on foveae, and each of which contains a scale. Femora 

 shallowly grooved and edentate. Length, 7 mm. 



Rob. — New South Wales: Richmond River. Queensland : 

 Mount Tambourine. 



The four, large, elytral tubercles render this a remarkably dis- 

 tinct species; the tarsi are considerably thinner than in the pre- 

 ceding species, and the outlines of the prothorax and elytra are 

 more rounded. 



Genus Salcus Pascoe, Journ. Linn. Soc, 1869, p.447. 



Read very small. Eyes large, moderately coarsely faceted. 

 Rostrum long and rather thin. Antennce rather long. Prothorax 

 widely transverse, base truncate, and much wider than apex. 

 Scutellum absent. Elytra closely applied to, and with an outline 

 continuous with, that of prothorax. Mesosternal receptacle feebly 

 raised, cavernous. Metasternal episterna (except for the tri- 

 angular inner projection) entirely concealed. Abdomen moder- 

 ately large; suture between two basal segments feebly traceable 

 across middle, intercoxal process very wide ( wider than fourth). 

 Legs long; femora sublinear, grooved, dentate or not. Elliptic 

 or briefly ovate, strongly or moderately convex, squamose, non- 

 tuberculate, apterous. 



This genus is remarkable for the small head, close application 

 of the prothorax and elytra, and very wide intercoxal process. 

 The species described below are certainly congeners, but differ to 



