Australian Curculionidce. 201 



Beexius, n. g. 



Rostrum sat elongatum, cylindricum, paulo arcuatum, 

 supra lineis elevatis longitudinalibus instructum ; scrobes 

 praeraedianae, laterales, oculos attingentes. Oculi trans- 

 versi, infra distantes. Antennae attenuate ; scapus clava- 

 tus ; funiculus 7 -Sirticulsitns, articulis 1-2 modice elongatis, 

 3-7 breviter obconicis ; clava ovata, adnata. Prothorax 

 depressus, lateraliter rotundatus, basi leviter rotundatus, 

 infra emarginatus. Scutellum parvum. Elytra oblonga, 

 depressa, subparallela^ humeris obliquis, interstitiis stria- 

 rum 4-5-que apicem versus tuberculato-elevatis. Pedes 

 breviusculi ; coxcb anticse contiguse, exsertee ; femora 

 medio incrassata, mutica ; tihice flexuosas, apice trans- 

 versim mucronatae ; tarsi paulo angustati, articulo ultimo 

 elongate ; unguiculi liberi, divaricati. Abdomen segmento 

 secundo ampliato ; sutura prima arcuata. 



The exserted anterior cox^e differentiate this from the 

 other genera of the limited group to which it belongs. 

 The type resembles a large Bagous, and is a semi-aquatic 

 species, according to Dr. Howitt, to whom I am indebted 

 for my specimens. 



Brexius murinus. 



B. oblongus, depressus, indumento murino-griseo den- 

 sissime tectus, setulisque adpressis dispersis; capite 

 rostroque ferrugineis, confertim punctatis, hoc supra 

 trilineato; an tennis pallide ferrugineis; prothorace sub- 

 transverso, apice basi angustiore ; elytris striatis, inter- 

 stitiis paulo convexis, medio linea setularum instructis ; 

 corpore infra pedibusque squamulosis; tibiis anticis intus 

 denticulatis. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. — Victoria. 



Some specimens have the middle of the prothorax and 

 elytra much darker than the rest. 



Brexius angusticollis. 



B. praecedente angustior, minus depressus, squamulis 

 rufo-brunneis, griseis interjectis, tectus ; rostro lineis 

 septem distinctis instructo, sulcis inter se transversira 

 setulosis ; prothorace oblongo, sat angustato, vittis tribus 



