the Aiistraliaii CurculioiiidiL\ 187 



narrower proportionally at the base and strongly constricted 

 towards the apex ; the scales also are more closely set. 



Lybdiha repanda. 

 L. castanca, squaniis subfulvis castaneisqiie vcstita ; rostro prothorace 

 loiigiore, ferrugineo, nudo, puuctis linearibus sat confertim im- 

 presso ; funiculo articulis duobus basalibus longitudine sequalibus ; 

 oculis minus tenuiter grauulatis ; prothorace magis transverse, 

 apice vix coustricto utrinquc subfulvo, disco, macula triangidari 

 basali excepta, castaneo-squamoso ; elytris striatis, fasciis duabua 

 latis indeterminatis castaneis, una ante, altera pone medium, ad 

 suturam interruptis, ornatis ; corpora infra pedibusque sat vage 

 griseo-squaraosis ; coxis iuterraediis valde remotis ; abdominis seg- 

 mento secundo breviore. Long. 1 lin. 

 Ilab. iSwan Eiver (Albany). 



En IDE. 



Rostrum paulo arcuatum, apicem versus tenuius ; scrobes pnemediana?, 

 laterales, obliqute. ^Scff/Jifs-longiuseulus, oculum attingens ; fani- 

 calus 7-articulatus, articulis duobus basalibus longiusculis, reliquis 

 obconicis, grad;itirabrevioribus ; clava distincta. Ofw?/ rotundati, 

 tenuiter granulati, modice approximate Prothora.v subconicus, 

 basi bisinuatus, lob is ocularibus nullis, Scntellmn angustum. 

 Ehjtra subcordiformia, singula basi emarginata. Pectus breve, 

 canaliculatum. Coxce anticae basi contiguse, iutermedise distantes ; 

 femora crassa, dentata ; tib'ue apice mucrone calcariformi munitfe, 

 anticae et intermedia) arcuatee vel subflexuosa), posticae fere rectae, 

 apicem versus crassiores ; tarsi articulo tertio late bdobo, quarto 

 longiusculo ; unguiculi divaricati. Abdomen segmentis duobus 

 basalibus ampliatis, intermediis lateralitcr arcuatis. 



The rostrum is bent and narrowed towards the apex ; this 

 will at once differentiate the genus from Lyhceba^ which has 

 also a short pectoral canal. The three intermediate segments 

 id" the abdomen in E.jjorphyrea are slightly curved at the sides ; 

 but in E. cestuans it is difficult to decide either way : when the 

 abdomen is at all convex there must be a corresponding curva- 

 ture ; but this is quite different from the little curved })rocesses 

 at the sides, which are the peculiarity in question. In this 

 genus there is a broad excavation extending over the whole of 

 tiie mcso-and metastcrna and the middle of the first abdominal 

 segment ; a similar excavation is found also in Ltjlxvha^ but 

 not involving the abdomen. There is a considerable difference 

 in the coloration of individuals of the same species in this and 

 ^jome of the allied genera. 



Enide port/J/i/rca. 

 E. pallide fcrniginca, squamis tlavoscontibus. supra j>lagialiiii mfis 



