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quam prothorax parum fortius vix magis aspere punctulatis. 

 Long., 11 1. ; lat., J 1; 



This is another species that I have referred to Mr. Champion. 

 He reports that in spite of its considerably different facies from 

 that of a typical Scraptia he does not see much in the way of 

 structure on which to found a distinct genus. Failing to dis- 

 cover any such distinction myself, I have no hesitation therefore 

 in attributing the insect to Scraptia. 



N. Queensland ; sent to me by Mr. Koebele. 



CURCULIONID^. 



CUBICORHYNCHUS. 



C tortipes, sp. nov. Mas. subovalis, postice truncatus ; niger, 

 squamis parvis silaceis (exemplis visis fere omnino abrasis) 

 et setis sparsis brevibus minus perspicuis albidis vestitus ; 

 capite postice sparsim granulato, supra oculos crista parva 

 acuta instructo ; antennarum clava longe pediculata ; 

 rostro minus lato supra costis obtusis nonnullis instructo, 

 antice profunde triangulariter impresso (partis impressse 

 marginibus lateralibus cariniformibus) ; prothorace quam 

 longiori vix latiori, pone apicem transversim anguste fortiter 

 impresso et longitudinaliter linea subtili distincte notato 

 (his canalibus fere ut G. calcarati, Macl.), crebre requaliter 

 granuloso (ut C. occulti, Sloane), lateribus fortiter dilatato- 

 rotundatis ; elytris supra planatis, postice perpendicularibus, 

 ad latera planis perpendicularibus (vel potius deorsum con- 

 vergentibus), sat fortiter striatis, interstitiis transversim 

 striatis et subseriatim granulosis (granularum magnitudine 

 maximam partem ut C. occulti, Sloane, sed in interstitii 5 s 

 parte ante-apicali sat majori) ; coxis anticis inter se sat 

 remotis ; femoribus anticis basin versus fortiter curvatis ; 

 tibiis anticis fortiter, posticis paullo minus fortiter, falci- 

 formibus : tibiis intermediis sat fortiter flexuosis. Long., 

 7 1.; lat., 3 1. 

 Fern, latet. 



This is the most remarkable Cubicorhynchus yet described I 

 think and can hardly be identical with any hitherto named ; 

 for, although some of them are so briefly and vaguely 

 characterised as to be incapable of certain identification, it is 

 doubtless safe to assume that no describer could have passed over 

 without remark the extraordinary shape of the legs and the 

 elytra if he had had this insect before him. Looked at from 

 directly above the present species appears to be sharply truncate 

 at the commencement of the posterior declivity of the elytra, 

 while looked at from directly behind (or obliquely from in front) 



