Australian CurcuUonidce. 451 



Long. 7-8 lin. 



Hab. — West Australia, 



The emargination at the apices of tlie elytra in the 

 figure is not broad enough, and looks, therefore, deeper 

 than it really is. 



Dialeptopiis ferreus. 



D. angustus, nigro-purpureus, subtilissime remote 

 squamosus; rostro brevi, in medio late et profunde 

 longitudinaliter excavate, sulco arcuato distincto a capite 

 separate ; prothorace apice bilobo, cristis dorsalibus fere 

 laevigatis, lateribus modice rotundatis : el3"tris protho- 

 race vix latioribus, tuberculis elevatis, serie exteriore 

 quatuor, interiore quatuor vel quinque constitutis, dorso 

 inter se rugosis, lateribus sulcato-punctatis, interstitiis 

 valde elevatis, apicibus conjunctis perparum angulato- 

 emarginatis; pedibus parce setulosis. 



Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. — South Australia ; Victoria. 



Dialeptopus macilentus. 



D. angustus, nigro-purpureus, subtilissime remote 

 squamosus ; rostro longiusculo, in medio longitudinaliter 

 excavate, sulco arcuato a capite separate ; prothorace 

 utrinque in medio angulato-producto, apice obtuse, rufo, 

 cristis dorsalibus rufo-tuberculatis ; elytris prothorace 

 haud latioribus, tuberculis magis elevatis, conicis, apicibus 

 rufis, serie exteriore quatuor, interiore septem constitutis, 

 apicibus conjunctis profunde et fortiter rotundato- 

 emarginatis, lateribus sat crebre foveolatis; pedibus 

 parce setulosis. 



Long. 6 lin. 



JTafe.— South Australia. 



Very like the last, but, inter alia, with the sides of 

 the prothorax and apices of the elytra different. 



Dialeptopus monachus (Waterh. MS.) . 



D. oblongo-ovatus, niger, indumento brunnescenti- 

 griseo supra antennisque (clava excepta) dense tectus; 



