BY A. RAFPRAY. 205 



CURCULIONELLUS SEMIPOLITUS, SchaufuSS. 



Tijds. v. Ent. xxix. 1886, p. 255. 



The antennae are short and thick, with the joints nearly trans- 

 verse; the dorsal stria is simple, not geminate even at the base. 

 The unique specimen known is a £. 



Rockhampton, Q. 



CURCULIONELLUS RIPARIUS, n.sp. 



Ferrugineus, palpis testaceis, lrevis, nitidus, capite prothoraceque 

 minute reticulatis et opacis exceptis. Caput valde elongatum, 

 antice attenuatum, juxta antennas transversim subnodosum, sulco 

 longitudinali parum profundo, lato, inter oculos abrupto et pro- 

 fundiori, in vertice obsoletissime extenso. Antenna? graciles, 

 elongate, articulis 1° longo, cylindrico, 2 cylindrico et latitudine 

 sua longiori, 3-6 breviter obconicis, latitudine sua paulo longiori- 

 bus, 7-8 longioribus, 9-10 sexto fere duplo longioribus, 11 magno, 

 suboblongo-ovato. Prothorax latitudine sua longior, antice plus 

 postice minus attenuatus, latitudine maxima ante medium, 

 lateribus postice nonnihil sinuatus, sulco transverso arcuato, 

 obsoleto. Elytra parum elongata, lateribus leviter arcuatis et 

 humeris perpai-um obliquis, stria dorsali basi geminata. 



J 1 . Metasternum valde sulcatum et utrinque longitudinaliter 

 gibbosum ; segmento 2° ventrali medio valde gibboso ; tibiis 

 anticis intus, pone medium, leviter emarginatis et arcuatis. 



9. Metasternum minus sulcatum et gibbosum, segmento ultimo 

 dorsali apice leviter obtuse producto; trochanteribus intermediis 

 apice minute spinosis. Long. 1 -90 mm. 



Tweed River, N.S.W. (Mr. A. M. Lea). 



Genus T y r a p h u s, Sharp. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, iv. p. 489. 



This genus is very distinct owing to the maxillary palpi which 

 are short, thick, with the last joint more or less triangular and 

 rounded at apex. 



