Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Australian Curculionide. 421 
anterior tibia subflexuous, thicker towards the base, the apex 
in all fringed with black conical scales. 
MYARDA. 
Caput angustum. Oculi grosse granulati. Rostrwm breve, cras- 
sum, apice dilatatum; scrobes apicales, flexuose, infra oculos 
terminantes. Antenne breviuscule, tenuate ; fumculus septem- 
articulatus ; clava ovata, distincta. Prothoraw basi bisinuatus. 
Scutellum distinctum,  Llytra prothorace latiora, subparallela, 
apice abrupte declivia. Femora in medio incrassata ; tibiee rectee ; 
tarsi angusti, articulo tertio integro; unguculi Tibest diver- 
gentes. “Pro- eb mesosterna prominentia. Abdomen segmentis 
duobus basalibus ampliatis. 
This genus agrees with the Aterpine in its abnormal ros- 
trum (its peculiarities are specific) and mutic tibix, the pos- 
terior with open corbels; it disagrees in its narrow tarsi, 
the third joint not divided, as in Hy ypherta, and the antero- 
inferior margin of the pectus entire. Aparete (Linn. Soc. 
Journ. x. p. 165), although very different in general appear- 
ance, 1s separated by its flexuous anterior tibie, and seventh 
joint of the funicle not distinct from the club. 
Myarda ferrugata. 
M. sat breviter ovata, silacea, setis reflexis adspersa ; crista supra 
oculum ad apicem rostri protensa ; elytris leviter striato-punctatis, 
postice tuberculis sex munitis. Long. 37 lin. 
Hab. Nicol Bay. 
Rather shortly ovate, yellowish brown, with scattered, re- 
flexed, almost procumbent sete ; head deeply concave in front, 
an elevated crest above each eye, continued to the apex of 
the rostrum, forming a groove between them continuous with 
the concavity on the head ; scrobe beginning at the apex, and 
visible from above; eyes nearly round, but in contact with 
a rounded ledge below’; two basal joints of the funicle about 
equal in length ; prothorax subtransverse, regularly punc- 
tured, shghtly angulate at the sides; elytra much broader 
than the prothorax, striate-punctate, the interstices scarcely 
raised, except towards the apex, the abrupt portion with three 
tubercles or callosities on each side, punctures shallow and 
not approximate ; body beneath and legs yellowish brown ; 
posterior coxe widely apart. 
