424 Mr. F.P. Pascoe on some new Genera of Curculionide. 
sternum medio excavatum. Abdomen segmentis duobus basalibus 
maximis, connatis, 3-4 brevissimis. - Pygidiwm obtectum. 
On the whole I think that this curious little insect approaches 
more nearly Gonipterus than any other known to me. The habit 
is something like Huops Australasiw, but more convex. The tarsi 
are those of Atelicus. 
Syarbis pachypus. (Pl. XVII. fig. 1.) 
S. ferrugineus, subnitidus, glaber; capitis vertice rotundato, subtiliter 
punctato, pone oculos constricto; antennis nitidis, pallidioribus; pro- 
thorace fortiter et vage punctato, lobo scutellari truncato ; elytris ob- 
longo-quadratis, prothorace fere duplo latioribus, dorso elevatis, sub- 
seriatim punctatis, punctis fortiter impressis ; corpore infra pedibusque 
ferrugineis, vix nitidis. Long. 12 lin. 
Hab. Queensland. 
MeErATyYGES. 
Rostrum validum, rectum, basi paulo latius, apice subdepressum ; serobe 
obliqua, sub margine infero oculi desinente. Oculi ovati, laterales, 
distantes. Antenne medians; scapo clavato, oculum attingente ; 
funiculo brevi, 6-articulo, art. basali breviter obconico, secundo minore, 
ceteris brevissimis, transversis; clava magna, funiculo fere sequali. 
Prothorax transversus, conicus, apice truncatus, basi bisinuatus. Seu- 
tellum magnum, triangulare. Elytra quadrato-ovata, dorso elevata, 
apice rotundata. Pedes breves, equales; core antics contigue, inter- 
mediz valde distantes, posticze approximate ; femoribus subclavatis ; 
tibi’is uncinatis; tarsis art. duobus basalibus parvis, triangularibus, 
tertio multo latiore et profunde bilobo; wngwiculis parvis, liberis. 
Abdomen segmentis longitudine fere zequalibus. Processus interfemo- 
ralis apice anguste rotundatus. 
A very distinct genus, for which I am unable to suggest an ally. 
But for the contiguous anterior coxee, I should have placed it with 
the Choline. It is a remarkably short, stout form, suggestive of 
Haplonyx. It is covered with a loose fulyous or ochraceous exuda- 
tion, which, in fresh specimens, may be brighter and much more 
abundant than in the one before me. 
Metatyges turritus, (Pl. XVII. fig. 11.) 
M. rufo-fuscus, subnitidus, sparse albido-pubescens, et fulvescente fari- 
nosus; capite vage punctato, apicem versus rostri evanescente ; rostro 
infra oculos fovea oblonga instructo; prothorace medio paulo planato, 
utrinque subcalloso, lateribus albescentibus; scutello rufo-brunneo, 
apice rotundato; elytris irregulariter reticulato-foveatis, humeris ro- 
tundatis, lateraliter paulo incuryatis, dein sensim apicem yersus rotun- 
