Coleoptera, Part I. 147 



Ficicis, n. g. 



Head wide, not concealed. Eyes thin, feebly curved, about 

 as long as front tibiae, facets not very small. Rostrum short 

 and stout. Scape stout, distinctly longer than fimicle ; funicle 

 seven-jointed, first joint stout, about as long as three following 

 combined, and feebly or not at all dilated to apex ; club longer 

 than funicle, but not twice as long as wide, with distinct 

 straight sutures, apical joint small. Prothorax transverse, base 

 bisinuate. Scntellum small. Elytra cylindrical, apex rounded. 

 Prosteriium extremely short in front of front coxae. Metas- 

 ternuni about as long as the following segment ; episterna 

 greatly narrowed in front. Abdomen with first segment almost 

 as long as three following combined, second as long as fifth, and 

 distinctly longer than third or fourth. Front coxae distinctly 

 separated, the space between them about equal to the width 

 of club, middle pair more widely, hind pair rather less widely 

 separated ; femora rather short, edentate ; tibiae increasing in 

 width to apex serrate at and near apex ; tarsi rather thin. 



In the Australian fauna this genus may be placed next to 

 Hylesinus. In general appearance the two species described 

 below are remarkably close to Phlaeopthorus acaciae. 



Ficicis varians, w. sp. 



Colour variable. Clothed with short stout pale setae, denser 

 and finer on the abdomen than elsewhere ; on the elytra stouter 

 than elsewhere, suberect and in regular series. 



Head regularly convex, with very indistinct punctures. Pro- 

 thorax about once and one-third as wide as long, apex about 

 two-thirds the width of base ; with dense and fairly large, but 

 not deep, punctures. Elytra about twice the length of pro- 

 thorax, and no wider ; striate-punctate, punctures large, deep, 

 and close together ; interstices narrower than striae, and finely 

 serrated ; base, except at suture, narrowly raised. Length 

 2-2 l-6th mm. 



Hah. — N.S. Wales : Gosford (from dying trunks of culti- 

 vated fig, W. B. Gurney), Sydney (A. M. ^Lea). 



One specimen has the head, prothorax, scutellum and femora 

 black, with the elytra and under surface dark reddish-brown, 



