.totui Au.tlruli'an CuiculioniiUo. 171) 



Head with clLiirly defined punctures, smaller al)Out base 

 than elsewhere; with a small, isolated, interocular fovea. 

 Hostrum twiee as lonj; as j^reatcst width, which is in front 

 of aiitcniue, from antcnuie to base decreasing; in width, 

 and with punctures as on head, in front very shining and 

 with small and sparse punctures. Prothurux very flat, base 

 li<^htly bisinuate and twice the width of apex, wliieh is some- 

 what elevated in middle ; ^i(les strongly rounded at apex, 

 gently elsewhere, with numerous, distinct, non-eonHuent 

 ])unctures, of moderate size in middle, and small towards 

 sides; with a feeble impunctatc space along middle. Elytra 

 not much, but distinctly wider than prothorax, sides feebly 

 decreasing in width almost from base ; with rows of fairly 

 large round punctures, in shallow striae, becoming smaller 

 j)osteriorly, but the striae deeper ; interstices wider than 

 striie, each with a row of sparse minute punctures. 



Length (excluding rostrum) 1^ mm. 



Hab. Queensland : Kuranda. 



In general appearance fairly close to indiycns, but much 

 more depressed, punctures much smaller, rostrum narrower 

 and more shining, interocular fovea much smaller, &e. The 

 description oi alhertisi is rather unsatisfactory, but its pro- 

 thoracic punctures are evidently different to those of this 

 species, as Pascoe says of them, in comparison with those of 

 basalis, " magis sed irregulariter.^' Those of basalis being 

 " in medio et lateribus extus grosse.^^ Albertisi also has 

 apparently more of the elytra pale, and the two colours less 

 sharply defined than in the present species. 



Dryopthorus corticalis, Payk. Kuranda. 

 Pentumimus rhynchoHformis, Woll. Cannington. 



Position Doubtful. 

 Mesembrixocis, gen. nov. 



Head of moderate size, partly concealed from above. Eyes 

 rather large, round, coarsely facetted, not close together. 

 Rostrum slightly longer than prothorax, rather wid<;, sub- 

 l)arallel-si(led, lightly curved. Scrobes narrow, decj), oblique, 

 open posteriorly, and extending almost to lower edge of eyes. 

 Anlcnnuj moderately thin, inserted about one-tliinl from 

 apex of rostrum ; sca[>e almost straight, slightly shorter 

 than fuuicle and club combined ; first joint of funicle long, 

 second moderately long, the others short; club elliptic- 

 ovate, almost the length of funicle. Prothorax lightly 



