tht Australian Cureuli«>iiidLi'. 97 



crasso; antcnnis ferrugineis, sat incrassatis, funiculi artii-ulo ultimo 

 Bubtrunsverso ; prothorace broWter eubcouico, supra viuis tribus 

 e scjuamis condensatis subiuitato ; sculoUo rutuudato ; olytris basi 

 j)arum oouvoxis, humeris baud promiuulis, tubcrculo subbuuiorali 

 iiuUo, lateribus subparallidis, upicibus subacuminatis, stiialo- 

 punctatis, singulatim fascia arcuata oblicpia, oxtiuic anij)liata, 

 euturura versus postico sensim angustioro, aliquando fascia vcl 

 macula subobsolcta iwstorioro, e pcpiamulis albidis condensatis, 

 oruatis ; corpore infra pedibusque ferrugineis, parce sciuamulosis. 

 Long. 2^ lin. 



llah. Queensland. 



This pretty little species is not very obviously related to 

 any of its congeners ; it agrees witli the following, as well as 

 with G. ci'onoides, in having no subhumcral tubercle. 



Goiiipterus turhidus. 



O. subovatus, nigor, squamositate fusca, squamisque elongatis nu- 

 merosis albidis vestitus ; capitis fronte profunde canaliculata ; 

 rostro tenuiore, magis elongato ; antcnnis ferrugineis, paulo in- 

 crassatis ; prothorace subconico, longitudine latitudini jcquali ; 

 ecutello oblongo ; elytris modice convexis, tuberculo subhumerali 

 nidlo. lateribus subparallelis, apicibus submucronatis, sulcato- 

 foveatis, singulatim postice macula indistincta albida notatis ; 

 corpore infra pedibus(iue sejunctini albido-squamosis ; tarsis arti- 

 culo ultimo breviusculo. Long. 2| lin. 



Hah. Tasmania? 



The short terminal joint of the tarsi affords an approach to 

 Si/arhis, in which it is altogether Avanting. Schonherr, it is 

 true, gives this as a character of GoniiHerus^ evidently, how- 

 ever, only in contrast to Entimus, Avitli which he compares it. 

 It is singular that this acute entomologist should never have 

 recognized the affinity of this genus to Oxyops : so close, in- 

 deed, is it, that it seems to me no valid distinction can be 

 drawn between them, the slightly prominent mesosternum of 

 Gonijiterus differing in no great degree from the more promi- 

 nent and pointed organ of Oxyops. It is remarkable, too, 

 that these genera are the only ones, with one exception, in 

 which the characters of the under parts are alluded to in the 

 long descriptions given in his voluminous work on the Curcu- 

 lionidae. 



Meriphus longirostris. 



M. fusco-piceus, supra setulis griseis parce, infra squamulis albidis 

 sejunctim vestitus ; rostro, apice excepto, ferrugineo, oblongo- 

 punctulato, prothorace plus triplo longiore ; antennis subferrugi- 

 neis, scapo oculum haud attingente, clava tenuata ; prothorace 

 manifeste granulato ; elytris subtrigonatis, basi prothorace duplo 



