Australian Ourculionidce. 455 



EHYPAROSOMIN.E. 



Dtsostines, Pascoe^ Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. x. 472. 



Dysostines hoplostethus. 



D. oblongus, nigrescens, squamositate murina setu- 

 lisque interjectis fere omuino dense tectus ; rostro capite 

 vix breviore, antice paulo excavato, in medio canaliculate ; 

 antennis piceis^ squamulis setulisque vestitis^ articulis 

 quinque ultirais funiculi subajqualibus, moniliformibus ; 

 prothorace modice transverse^ basi augustato^ in medio 

 distincte canaliculato ; elytris prothorace paulo latiori- 

 bus, apicem versus gradatim angustatis et paulo rotun- 

 datis, supra modice convexis, sulcato-punctatis, intersti- 

 tiis alternis elevatis; coxis anticis remotis; mesosterno 

 in laminam latam subhorizontalem producto ; metasterno 

 brevissimo ; tibiis tarsisque subpiceis^ illis sat fortiter 

 arcuatis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hah . — Tasmania. 



This and the three following species are all very dis- 

 tinct from one another^ as well as from the type {D. 

 valgus) , but with the exception of one of them {D. 2JUs- 

 tulosus) , in which the scutellum is obsolete, they agree 

 pretty well with the detailed generic characters given in 

 the Linnean Proceedings quoted above. 



Dysostines fuligineus, 



D. oblongus, niger, squamulis fuligineis setulisque 

 interjectis omnino dense tectus; rostro breviusculo, an- 

 tice tricarinulato ; antennis nigro-piceis, setulosis, arti- 

 cidis quinque ultimis funiculi subajqualibus ; prothorace 

 sequali, utrinque rotundato, apice parum tubulato, supra 

 rugoso - punctato ; elytris prothorace vix latioribus, 

 apicem versus gradatim rotundatis, fortiter sulcato- 

 punctatis, interstitiis alternis elevatis ; coxis anticis 

 modice distantibus; mesosterno depresso ; tibiis anticis 

 paulo arcuatis. 



Long. 2 1 lin. 



Hah . — Tasmania. 



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