476 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULlONlDiE, Xll., 



thorax evidently coarsely punctate, but the punctures entirely 

 concealed; with a narrow, shining, median carina. Elytra not 

 much longer than wide; with series of large concealed punctures; 

 third and fifth interstices strongly raised, and becoming sub- 

 tuberculate at summit of posterior declivity. Length, 4 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland : Wide Bay, Gayndah. 



Mr. Pascoe describes the pro thorax as being " in medio trans- 

 versim subtrigibboso." In the specimens under examination, 

 there is a very feeble tubercular elevation on each side of the 

 middle; and a few scales, across the median carina, cause an 

 appearance as of another feeble elevation. 



Anilaus costirostris Lea, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., 1912, p. 103. 

 Hab. — Queensland. 



Genus M yrtesis Pascoe, Journ. of Ent., ii., 1865, p. 430. 



Head convex. Eyes rather coarsely faceted. Rostrum very 

 long, thin, and curved. Antennae thin. Prothorax transverse, 

 base almost truncate. Scutellum very minute or invisible. 

 Elytra short, wide, and convex. Pectoral canal narrow and deep, 

 terminated at, or on, basal segment of abdomen. Mesostemal 

 receptacle slightly raised in front, but very distinctly behind, 

 separating the four hind legs, its apex feebly cavernous. Meta- 

 sternum very short; its episterna not traceable, except the interior 

 inner projection of each; this is large, triangular, and convex. 

 Abdomen small. Legs long or moderately long; femora distinctly 

 grooved, edentate. Briefly ovate, convex, squamose, tuberculate, 

 apterous. 



An unusually distinct genus, rendered so by the very long and 

 thin rostrum, which causes the pectoral canal to terminate at, or 

 on, the abdomen, the receptacle being carried along to receive it 

 when at rest (not forming part of the metasternum and abdomen, 

 although their surface is depressed beneath it), and belonging 

 entirely to the mesosternum. The genus appears to have no 

 close allies, the nearest, perhaps, being Salcus. 



