﻿New 
  Genera 
  and 
  Species 
  of 
  Curculionides. 
  199 
  

  

  culatis, 
  postice 
  productis 
  apice 
  tuberculis 
  binis 
  validis 
  in- 
  

   structis 
  ; 
  singulo 
  vitta 
  parvula 
  albida 
  ante 
  apicem 
  notato. 
  

  

  Long. 
  Corp., 
  rostr. 
  excl., 
  lin. 
  7h] 
  lat. 
  lin. 
  3|. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  "Sydney," 
  Novee 
  Hollandiae. 
  

  

  Larger 
  than 
  P. 
  Jekelii, 
  which 
  it 
  most 
  nearly 
  resembles; 
  and 
  

   besides 
  differing 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  two 
  basal 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  funiculus 
  

   equal, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  readily 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  thorax 
  having 
  four 
  

   tubercles 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface, 
  and 
  by 
  its 
  having 
  the 
  apex 
  less 
  

   produced, 
  &c. 
  Here 
  the 
  fore 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  (which 
  is 
  very 
  

   convex 
  and 
  almost 
  bituberculate) 
  projects 
  beyond 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   margin 
  of 
  the 
  thorax, 
  whilst 
  in 
  P. 
  Jekelii 
  and 
  P. 
  Wesiwoodii 
  the 
  

   apical 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  projects 
  considerably 
  beyond 
  the 
  head. 
  

   The 
  more 
  convex 
  and 
  narrower 
  form 
  of 
  P. 
  Chevrolnlii, 
  combined 
  

   with 
  the 
  more 
  elongated 
  conical 
  tubercles 
  on 
  its 
  elytra, 
  serve 
  to 
  

   distinguish 
  that 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  present; 
  the 
  seventh 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  

   funiculus, 
  moreover, 
  in 
  P. 
  Chevrolatii 
  is 
  nearly 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  

   and 
  breadth, 
  whilst 
  in 
  P. 
  Parryi 
  the 
  same 
  joint 
  is 
  much 
  broader 
  

   than 
  long. 
  The 
  thorax 
  is 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  breadth, 
  has 
  a 
  

   transverse 
  impression 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  above, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  a 
  

   continuation 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  impression 
  is 
  very 
  deeply 
  cut 
  in 
  ; 
  in 
  

   front 
  of 
  the 
  impression 
  are 
  two 
  tubercles 
  immediately 
  above 
  the 
  

   head 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  surface 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  and 
  very 
  ob- 
  

   tuse 
  carina, 
  and 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  disc 
  are 
  two 
  tubercles, 
  

   placed 
  one 
  behind 
  the 
  other 
  and 
  near 
  together 
  ; 
  the 
  foremost 
  is 
  

   very 
  little 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  transverse 
  impression 
  before 
  noticed 
  ; 
  

   from 
  the 
  indentation 
  in 
  front, 
  the 
  sides 
  are 
  gently 
  rounded 
  to 
  the 
  

   base, 
  and 
  rather 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  is 
  a 
  smallish 
  tubercle 
  pro- 
  

   jecting 
  laterally; 
  on 
  the 
  hinder 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  above 
  are 
  some 
  

   large 
  rugfe. 
  The 
  elytra 
  are 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  thorax, 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle 
  about 
  one 
  third 
  broader, 
  and 
  but 
  little 
  convex 
  above 
  ; 
  

   the 
  punctures 
  on 
  them 
  are 
  large 
  and 
  irregularly 
  disposed, 
  as 
  if 
  

   the 
  rows 
  were 
  bent 
  aside 
  in 
  parts, 
  to 
  make 
  room 
  for 
  the 
  large 
  

   tubercles 
  : 
  there 
  are 
  three 
  large 
  obtuse 
  tubercles 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  

   interstice, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  hindermost 
  is 
  the 
  largest, 
  and 
  situated 
  at 
  

   the 
  commencement 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  ; 
  oii 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  interstice 
  are 
  two 
  large 
  tubercles, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  sixth 
  there 
  

   are 
  also 
  two 
  tubercles, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  foremost 
  is 
  very 
  large, 
  and 
  

   placed 
  at 
  the 
  humeral 
  angle 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  is 
  opposite 
  the 
  interspace 
  

   of 
  the 
  two 
  tubercles 
  on 
  the 
  fourth 
  interstice; 
  and 
  besides 
  these 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  lateral 
  tubercle 
  situated 
  about 
  midway 
  between 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  elytra, 
  and 
  four 
  smaller 
  tubercles 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   elytra. 
  A 
  large 
  conical 
  tubercle, 
  projecting 
  horizontally, 
  springs 
  

  

  