278 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Additions to. 



XXXVII. — Additions to the Australian Curculionidae. Part V. 

 By Francis P. Pascoe, F.L.S. &c. 



[Continued from p. 239.] 



RMnaria perdix. 

 R. breviuscula, nigra, cervino-squamosa albo maculata ; fronte bi- 

 verrucosa vcrrucis infra conjunctis (vel lobo V-formi instructa) ; 

 rostro in medio longitiidinaliter late excavato, infra lobos profunde 

 oblique sulcato ; prothorace sat vage punctato, basi quam apice 

 paulo latiore, utrinque rotundato, lateribus albidis ; scutello 

 albido, punctiformi ; eljtris breviusculis, basi prothorace manifests 

 iatioribus, humeris baud prominulis, striato-punctatis, interstitiis 

 convexis, apice rotundatis ; corpore infra pedibusque dense albido- 

 squamosis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Victoria. 



A small robust species, easily known by its white-spotted 

 elytra. 



RMnaria fasciata. 

 E. oblonga, umbrino-squamosa, albido variegata ; fronte verruca 

 cordiformi valde elevata instructa ; rostro basi gibboso, in medio 

 baud excavato ; clava antennarum, basi excepta, nigra ; prothorace 

 latitudine parum longiore, utrinque rotundato, basi quam apice 

 multo latiore, dorso sat confertim granulato, lateribus albidis ; 

 scutello albido, apice rotundato; elytris basi prothorace multo 

 latioribus, posticc gradatini angustioribus, humeris baud productis, 

 striato-punctatis, interstitiis convexis, seriatim granulatis, fascia 

 Lrregulari albida paulo ante medium ornatis, apice rotundatis ; 

 corpore infra albido ; pedibus umbrino variis. Long. 6 lin. 



Sab. Australia (interior). 



The nearest ally of this species seems to be R. myrrhata. 

 Boisduval describes a RMnaria variegata from New Guinea 

 (in the plate it is stated to be from "Port-du-Roi-Georges"), 

 to which, in the Munich Catalogue, R. maculosaj Fhs., from 

 Australia, is referred. 



j^siotes leucurus. 

 ^. oblongus, fuscus, supra squamulis minutis concoloribus, apice 

 elytrorum exccpto, sejunctim vestitus ; fronto depressa, supra 

 oculos tuberculis duobus modice elevatis instructa ; rostro squa- 

 moso, basi et in medio subtransversim excavato, parte intermedia 

 gibbosa, lateribus oblique impresso ; antennis parce setulosis ; 

 funiculo articulis duobus basalibus breviusculis a?qualibus, ca^teris 

 transversis, submoniliformibus ; clava tomentosa, modice ovata ; 

 prothorace latitudine sesquilongiore, supra irregularitcr granulato, 

 apice tuberculis duobus mamilliformibus horizontaliter producto ; 



