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its apical ventral segment not being acuminate and in the mark- 
ings of its elytra. 
N. Queensland ; in the collection of Mr. French. 
CURCULIONID. 
CUBICORHYNCHUS. 
C. taurus, sp. nov. Ovalis ; postice abrupte declivis (fere perpen- 
dicularis) ; piceus, sqamis fumicoloribus et aliis griseis inter- 
mixtis sat dense vestitus, capite confertim granulato, inter 
(sed fere pone) oculos granulis majoribus 2 instructo ; rostro 
brevi crasso, cristis interocularibus subspiniformibus apice 
obtusis antrorsum plane directis insigni; prothorace modice 
transverso, sat crasse minus confertim granulato (vel fere 
tuberculato, granulis majoribus nonnullis latera versus in 
parte antica dispositis), linea subtili mediana impresso, 
lateribus sat eequaliter arcuatis, latitudine majori ante 
medium posita ; elytris crasse nec profunde sulcato-foveatis, 
interstitiis angustis elevatis e granulis confertim positis 
formatis. 
Maris tibiis posticis intus supra medium abrupte fortiter tumidis ; 
metasterno postice et segmento ventrali basali sat profunde 
concavis ; segmento ventrali apicali postice late rotundato. 
Femina latet. Long. 5 1., lat,, 24 1. 
This species may be at once distinguished from its described 
congeners by the interocular crests (which usually resemble a 
prolongation hindward of the lateral margin of the rostrum) 
taking the form of short horn-like processes directed straight 
forward—i.e., rising abruptly perpendicularly (but a little pointed 
outward) to the general surface. The sctx springing from the 
tubercles are of pale yellow color. 
Lake Callabonna ; taken by Mr. Zietz. 
CATOCALEPHE (gen. nov. Alerpidarum). 
Corpus convexum subparallelum setosum; rostrum modice 
elongatum, latum, depressum, ante basin gibbum, antice et 
in medio nitidum subglabrum subleve, in partibus ceteris 
opacum rugulosum setosum; scrobes postmediane, infra 
rostrum directe, antrorsum ut sulci laterales ad_ rostri 
apicem continue; scapus brevis, oculum haud attingens ; 
funiculus 7-articulatus brevis crassus (articulo 1° quam ceteri 
paullo longiori), in clava adnatus ; oculi parvi depressi sub- 
grosse granulati; prothorax magnus transversim quadratus 
(parte antica summa angustata), quam elytra vix angustior 
lobis ocularibus fortiter spiniformibus ; scutellum parvum ; 
prosternum ante coxas sat elongatum; metasternum sat 
elongatum ; coxze antice contigue; pedes sat breves sat 
