the Aiistrah'an Cui-culionidff'. 285 



infra nitide uigio ; scgmontis abdominis rude confcrtim foveatis ; 

 pedibiis forrugineis, griseo-setigeris. Long. 2,1 liii. 

 Hah. West Australia. 



Poropterus 2^i'od^<jas, 



P. subellipticus, convexus, niger, omnino iimbrino-squamosus ; capite 

 inter oculos foveato ; rostro basi parce squamoso, dimidio apicali 

 reticulato-punctato ; antennis ferrugineis, funiculo articulis duobus 

 basalibus elongatis, aequalibus, clava subglobosa ; prothorace 

 haud lato, apice bicristato, postiee carimilato et supra scutelluni 

 elevato, disco tuberculis quatuor in medio transversim obsito ; 

 elytris sat breviter obovatis, seriatim rude punetatis, singulis 

 tuber(3ulis magnis in seriebus tribus digestis, scil. serie interiore 

 quatuor, quorum ultimo maximo postiee et prope suturam sito, 

 serie secunda tribus, tertiaque uno majore et duobus minusculis, 

 humeris obsoletis, apicibus tuberculato-productis ; pedibus modice 

 elongatis. Long. 7 lin. 



Hah. Eclipse Island. 



Like P. WaterJiousei in habit, but with the two basal joints 

 of the funicle of equal length, and nearly as long as the re- 

 maining joints together. This species is remarkable for the 

 two large posterior tubercles on the elytra, situated close to 

 the suture, and therefore contiguous at the base (in P. Water- 

 housei there is a considerable interval between them) ; besides 

 the eight large tubercles on these organs, there are smaller 

 ones, some of Avhich are scarcely more than the slightly ele- 

 vated interpunctate spaces. Eclipse Island is, according to 

 Keith Johnstone's Atlas, close to King George's Sound, but 

 it seems to have yielded several insects not yet met with on 

 the mainland. The present is the only species of Porojiterus 

 I have seen from Western Australia, 



AXIDES. 

 Rofitriim modice elongatuni, arcuatum ; scrohes postmedianse, obliqua\ 

 Fanicuhis 7-articulatus, articulis duobus basalibus elongatis, primo 

 crassioro, cajteris transversis, gradatim latioribus ; clava magna, 

 4-articulata, quasi ad fuuiculum adnata. Ocrdi modice ampliati, 

 tenuiter granulati. Prothora.v subconicus, inaquatus, lobis ocu- 

 laribus prorainulis. Elytra subcordata, modice convexa, dorso 

 parum planata. liima pectoralis inter coxas intermedias termi- 

 nata, apice aperta. Femora subtus dentata ; tibia', haud com- 

 pressae, intus leviter bisinuata; ; tarsi articulo ultimo elongato, 

 esquamoso. Abdomen articulis duobus basalibus amplis. 



This genus has many of the characters of Ghimacles^ a 

 curious form with subquadrangular elytra, and apparently 

 having little connexion witli the species described below. 

 Both genera, as Avell as many others, arc allied to CJuetec- 



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