470 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^, xii., 



above described, and has the prothorax distinctly punctate, the 

 elytra with larger punctures, and the head more coarsely punctate. 

 It agrees exactly with Mr. Pascoe's description of S. globosus, 

 except as to the clothing (but this, as stated above, is certainly 

 abraded); but it possesses femoral teeth, which are not men- 

 tioned by him, although possibly overlooked on account of their 

 small size. 



Salcus latissimus Pasc; I.e., No.5497. 



Upper surface densely clothed with fine silken setae or pubes- 

 cence, becoming squamose on sides and under parts; very dense 

 and pale on flanks of mesosternum, and on apical segments of 

 abdomen. 



Briefly ovate, moderately convex. Head densely and coarsely 

 punctate. Rostrum long; densely and coarsely punctate through- 

 out, but especially behind antennae, where also several very 

 feeble carinas may be traced. Prothorax more than twice as wide 

 as long, strongly rounded on each side in front, impunctate. 

 Elytra wider than long (7x6| mm.), widest about middle; seriate, 

 towards sides striate-punctate, punctures of moderate size but 

 more or less concealed; interstices wide, the sixth and seventh 

 decidedly curved beyond the middle. Basal segment of abdomen 

 with rather small punctures, except for some coarse ones in a 

 strong basal impression; second oblique, moderately depressed 

 (scarcely excavate) and rather coarsely punctate across middle. 

 Femora very feebly grooved, edentate. Length, 8; width, 7 mm. 



Hob. — Queensland : Port Bowen, Mount Dryander. 



The shape of this species is very suggestive of Hybomorphus; 

 the epipleural fold is, however, rounded, and not abruptly 

 inwardly oblique as in that genus. Mr. Pascoe described the 

 length as varying from 2>\ to 4f lines. He states that " the 

 first abdominal suture is not traceable, or rather is replaced by 

 a large, deep, irregular impression," evidently having mistaken 

 the impression on the intercoxal process for the suture. 



Three specimens, from Cairns, differ in being smaller (6£ mm.), 

 the elytra more suddenly dilated about the middle, and with 

 stronger punctures. 



