46 



Porrostoma textile. 



(Plate XI. fig. 9.) 



Nigrum ; thorace, scutello elytrisque laete flavo-rufis. 5 . 



Long. 7 lin. 

 Hah. More ton Bay. 



A rather broad species. Rostrum rather long, shining, very 

 sparingly punctured in front. Antennae long and broad, not dimi- 

 nishing towards the apex ; each joint with a carina parallel to the 

 lower margin. Thorax broad, narrowed in front, with seven areolets. 

 Elytra each with four distinct costse; the interstices with two regular 

 rows of fovese, the rows divided by a distinct fine costa. 



Porrostoma russatum. 



(Plate XI. fig. 11.) 



Waferh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 77, pi. i. figs. 36-38. 



Nigrum ; thorace, scuteUo, elytris (apice excepto), coxis, femori- 

 busque basi tiavo-rufis ; rostro jjiceo, nitido ; elytris quadricostatis, 

 subparallelis, interstitiis biseriatim foveatis. $ . Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. Port Bowen. 



Very close to P apicale, but differs, besides in the coloration, in 

 having the antenuge a little broader ; the ninth and tenth joints are 

 not transverse. The rostrum is very smooth, only punctured at the 

 sides and at the base. The four anterior femora are tipped with 

 black ; the posterior pair are black, except at the extreme base. 

 The middle posterior areolet of the thorax is black anteriorly. The 

 sculpture of the elytra is more regular and distinct ; two of the costae 

 are very strong at the base. 



Porrostoma apicale. 

 (Plate XII. fig. 1.) 

 Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 77, pi. i. figs. 39-44. 



Flavo-rufum, angustius ; antennis, tarsis, abdomine, elytrorum- 

 que apice nigris. c? • Long. 5 lin. 



Hah. Cape York and Port Essington. 



Head shining ; rostrum three-quarters of a line in length, mode- 

 rately broad at the base, narrowed at the apex ; labrnm and palpi 

 pitchy, the former longer than broad, acuminate at the apex ; eyes 

 prominent, black. Antennae about three-quarters the length of the 

 elytra, black, except the basal joint, which is pitchy ; third joint 

 three times the length of its greatest width, the lower anterior angle 

 produced, the produced part one-sixth the length of the entire joint : 

 the fourth to tenth joints gradually increasing in length, but all 

 shorter than the third, distinctly and regularly narrowed to their 



