Australian CurcuUo7iidce. 473 



ACHOPERA, n. g. 



A Choitectetoro differt protJiorace ad latera baud expla- 

 natOj supra aequali; et tarsis articulo ultimo baud setoso. 



The species of this genus, which are probably numerous, 

 have much the habit of Metacyinia, from which they are 

 differentiated by their long claw-joint and coarsely facetted 

 eyes ; and from the narrower forms of Tyrtceosus {"post, 

 p. 479) by their tibia3 notgrooved, and the smaller size of 

 the second abdominal segment. 



Achopcra lachrymosa. 



A. oblongo-ovalis, picea, nigrescenti-squamosa, squamis 

 plurimis semi-erectis intermixtis ; capite antice nigro- 

 bimaculato ; rostro capite paulo longiore, parum arcuato ; 

 antennis rufo-testaceis, arfciculis quinque ultimis funiculi 

 valde transversis, gradatim crassioribus, clava adnata, 

 late ovata ; prothorace latitudine et longitudine a3quali, 

 convexo, ante medium constricto, utrinque rotundato, basi 

 bisinuato, in medio squamis albidis adsperso ; scutello 

 parvo, distincto ; elytris prothorace manifesto latioribus, 

 utrinque modice gradatim rotundatis, apice obtuse rotun- 

 datis, supra sulcato - punctatis, interstitiis convexis, 

 squamis albidis plagiatim notatis; corpore infra pedi- 

 busque griseo-squamosis. 



Long. 2^ lin. 



Hah. — Tasmania. 



Achopera maculata. 



A. oblongo-ovata, picea, squamis pallide silaceis vel 

 ochraceis, plurimis semi-erectis intermixtis, nigro-macu- 

 latis et albo-plagiatis vestita; capite rostroque pallidis, 

 concoloribus ; antennis ferrugineis ; prothorace antice 

 paulo constricto, utrinque modice rotundato, albido-squa- 

 moso et nigro - maculato (maculis circa 8) ; scutello 

 oblongo; elytris ut in A. lachrymosa sed interstitiis angus- 

 tioribus, squamis pallidis nigro-maculatis, prsecipue in 

 medio, antice utrinque plaga magna alba decoratis ; cor- 

 pore infra pedibusque subvage albido-squamosis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hah. — New South Wales (Monaro) . 



Closely allied to A. lachrymosa, but with narrower in- 

 terstices on the elytra, and differently coloured. 



