Australian Curculionidce. 463 



Paleticus laticollis. (PI. VII. f5g-. 7.) 



P. ovatus^ niger, opacus, parce silaceo - squamosus^ 

 squamisque majoribus parcius ctispersus ; capite rostroque 

 basi sat dense squamosisj illo fronte convexo, inter oculos 

 foveato, hoc in medio fere obsolete carinulato, extrorsum 

 confertim punctato ; antennis piceis^ articulis duobus 

 basalibus funiculi aequalibus ; prothorace valde trans- 

 verso, lateribus antice rotundato, deinde parallelo, basi 

 fortiter bisinuato^ lobo scutellari acuto^ angulis posticis 

 rotundato ; scutello parvo, triangulari ; elytris basi pro- 

 thorace vix latioribuSj lateribus raodice rotundatis, apice 

 producto-rotundatis, supra seriatim punctatis, regione 

 scutellari planata, fasciculis duabus nigro-velutinis or- 

 natisj una rotundata ante et altera transversa pone 

 medium sita ; corpore infra pedibusque squamulis sila- 

 ceis adpressis, majoribus interjectis, dispersis ; tibiis sat 

 brevibus, extrorsum hand angustioribus. 



Long. 6 lin. 



Hab . — Queensland . 



Paleticus con finis. 



P. breviter ovatus, niger, opacus, parce silaceo- 

 squamosus, squamis majoribus dispersus ; P. laticolle 

 congruit, sed prothorace minus transverse, lobo scutellari 

 obtuso, elytris brevioribus, oblongo-cordiformibus. 



Long. 5 lin. 



Hah. — Queensland (Wide Bay) . 



Very like P. laticollis, but with a narrower and longer 

 prothorax, and the elytra shorter, broader, and inclining 

 to heart-shaped. It is not forgotten that the breadth 

 of the prothorax is dependant sometimes on sex. 



Paleticus pedestris. 



P. ovatus, niger, opacus, indumento fuscescente 

 sculpturam occultante squamisque elongatis fusco-sila- 

 ceis dispersus ; capite rostroque basi squamosis, illo 

 fronte convexo, inter oculos foveato; antennis piceis, 

 articulo secundo funiculi prime fere duplo longiore ; pro- 

 thorace transverse, utrinque fortiter rotundato, postice 

 angustiore, angulis posticis acuminate, basi bisinuato, 



