Curculioiiidiu^ froin various parts of Australia. -JOl 



pimctures ; tiftli feebly, foiir of tlie lateral ones aciitely carinated. 

 Abdomen witli deiise pimctures ; second seg'ment sliolitly longer tlian 

 tliird and fourth conibined. Keniora strongly dentate. Lengtli 4 — 5 mm. 



Hab.: N. S. ^\'ales, Sydney (Hamburg- Museum and A. M. LEAj, 

 Victoria, Mallee (C. French), Birchip (J. C. GONDIE); S. Australia; 

 Petersburg (T. BLACKBURN). 



On tlie liead tlie flavous scales may be absent, or confined to a 

 small Spot on tlie foreliead. On the protliorax tbey are usually contined 

 to a sliort stripe on the middle of the base. On the elytra they form 

 numerous small and irregularly distributed spots, whicli frequently are so 

 disposed as to form narrow and very irregulär fascia?. On specimens 

 wliicli ajjpear to be males the four front tibiae are each terminated by 

 a long spine, which commences at the summit of the dilated apex and 

 diverges at an angle of about 20 degrees from the apex itself, the length of 

 the spine being about the length of the first tarsal Joint. But on specimens 

 which appear to be females, the spines are shorter, stoutei', and do not 

 spring from the summit of the apex, whilst the tibiai themselves are longer. 



In general appearance somewhat close to Melanierius amiüipcnnis, 

 but clothing different, elytra wider, Shoulders more rounded and prothorax 

 distinctly narrower at apex. It also looks somewhat like a large specimen 

 of M. imiseriatus, but the metasternal episterna have eacli more than one 

 row of punctures. The species would have been referred to Melanterms, 

 but for the sti'ucture of the male tibiiie. 



On two s[)ecimens the reddish scales are more or less diluted witli 

 oclireous, whilst the flavous ones are almost white. On another the 

 reddish scales are more or less brown, whilst the paler scales are rather 

 deeply stained with ochreous. 



3IelnuteriHs costlpennis, Lea. Hab.; Australia. 



MechistocevHS tenuirostris, Lea, Hab.: Australia. 



3Iechlstoeeri(s composittis^ Lea. Hab.: Australia. 



Hejrtjm iis m onachus, Pasc. Hab. : Qu e ensl an d , R o ck h am p ton. 



Poropterus bisUjnatnSf PASC. Hab.: Queensland, Gayndah. 



Porojfterns ßexuosiiSf PASC. Hab.: Australia. 



Pseadoporopterus deliras, PASC. Hab. : Q u e e n s 1 a n d , R o c k - 

 hampton. 



Uiirypoi'oiJterHs fit/nereifSf LEA. Hab.: Australia. 



Euryporopterus annulipeSf PASC. Hab.: Queensland, 

 Gayndah. 



Imaliodes stibfnsciatttSf PASC. 



One specimen labelled as from W. Australia, but probably in error. 



Imaliodes nodiUostts^ PASC. Hab.: Queensland, Rock- 

 hampton, Gayndah. 



