Australian CurcuUonidce. 191 



The white scales are so arranged as to give the species 

 a spotted appearance to the naked eye ; on the elytra 

 they appear to form four larger patches^ three across the 

 middle, and one towards the apex which takes the form 

 of a band. 



HYLOBIIN^. 



Alphitopis, n. g. 



Caput subdeflexum, pone oculos sat elongatum. 

 Rostrum validum, breviasculum, capite paulo angustius, 

 apice leviter emarginatum ; scrobes preemedianse, lineares, 

 infra oculos desinentes. Oculi rotundati. Antennce 

 breviusculge, in medio rostri insertae ; scapus clavatus, 

 medium oculi tangens ; funiculus 7-articulatus, articulis 

 duobus basalibus longiusculis, 3-6 eequalibus, turbi- 

 natis, septimo triangularis ad clavam adnato ; clava elon- 

 gato-ovata. Prothorax subconicus, utrinque paulo rotun- 

 datus, basi sub-bisinuatus. Elytra oblongo-ovata, pro- 

 thorace latiora. Pedes mediocres ; femora in medio 

 incrassata ; tihice arcuatae, apice unco transverse armatae ; 

 tarsi sat dilatati, articulo ultimo modice elongate ; ungui- 

 culi liberi. Metasternum elongatum. Abdomen segmento 

 secundo duobus sequentibus conjunctim longiore. 



The form of the head and rostrum — the one passing 

 gradually into the other — is sufficiently distinctive of this 

 genus; the only exponent of it at present is_, from its 

 general appearance, one of the most remarkable, although 

 not the most singular or beautiful, of the Australian 

 Curculionids. 



Alphitopis nivea. 



A. fusca, squamulis albis fere omnino dense vestita, 

 supra punctis nudis sparsis maculata; rostro capite 

 dimidio longiore, in medio cannula abbreviata munito ; 

 clava antennaram fusca; prothorace leviter granulate; 

 scutello rotundato; elytris basi granulis minutis nitidis 

 nigris adspersis, aliisque magis confertis in humeris sitis. 



Long. 7 lin. (rostr. incl.) 



Hah. — Champion Bay. 



p 2 



