98 Mr. F. P. Pascoc on the Australian Curculionidae. 



latioribiis, sat fortiter striatis, interstitiis uniseriatim conico- 

 granulatis ; tibiis ferrugincis. Long. 2\ lin., rostr. incl. 4 lin. 



llah. Albany. 



Like M. umhrimis^ but larger, with a distinctly granulate 

 protliorax and trigonate elytra, &c. The funicle not attaining 

 the eye is against the Erichsonian character of the genus ; but 

 in M. guttatus^ and perhaps in others, I believe this character 

 is only sexual. 



Myossita tahida. 

 M. oblonga, dcpressiuscula, pallide fulvescens, Icviter pilosa ; rostro 

 silaceo, prothoracia longitudini a^quali, subtiliter punctidato ; 

 prothorace latitudino longitudini cequali, crebre inajqualiter punc- 

 tate ; scutcllo oblougo, apice late rotundato ; elytris subovatis, 

 Icviter striato-punctatis, punctis subareolatis. Long. 2^ lin. 



llah. South Australia? 



A slightly pubescent species ; the punctures on the elytra 

 appear in certain lights to be surrounded by a paler ring. 



Rhinotia pruinosa. 



li. clongata, postice panim ampliata, nigra, elytris obscure rubris, 

 regione suturali infuscata ; capito inter ociilos rude graiiulato- 

 punctato, supra ocidos longe albo-piloso ; rostro basi carinida 

 brevi instructo ; antennis ferrugincis, versus apicem nigris ; pro- 

 thorace granulato, vitta media lateribusque albo-pilosis ; elytris 

 confertim granulatis, pube subtili sublineatim vestitis ; corpora 

 infra pedibusque albo-pilosis. Long. 6 lin. 



llah. South Australia. 



The protliorax is canaliculate, as in the other species, but 

 the ridge bounding it on each side is not so well marked. 

 The female is considerably broader. 



IsacantJia congesta. 



J. oblonga, postice scnsim ampliata, nigra, nitida. supra graniUata, 

 pube silacca confertim maculata ; rostro lougiusculo, cylindrico, 

 fere recto, crebre piuictato et transversim corrugate, $ versus 

 apicem gradatim minus sculpturato, scapo art. duobus scquentibus 

 conjunctim longiore, S apice rostro glabro, scapo art. duobus 

 sccjucntibus conjunctim breviore ; antennis nigris, basi ferrugincis, 

 art. idtimo apice Havo ; prothorace pcrparum transvei-so, crebre 

 granulato ; scutcllo ocbracco-piloso ; elytris piceis, sat confertim 

 irregularitcr granulatis, apice late nngulatis ; coqiore infra 

 pube silacea maculata ; mctastcrno fascia obliqua dense ochraceo- 

 pubesccntc ; femoribus infra bidcntatis. Long. 4-7i lin. 



llah. Queensland (Wide Bay). 



The pubescence on this very distinct species is rather dcci- 



