the Australian Curciilionidte. 191 



marked stripes on tlie protliorax, and an ill-defined l)and on 

 the middle of the elytra ; but in others there is simply a faint 

 mottling of brown only to be seen under a good lens. 



Dicomada ovalis. 

 D. ferruginea, subtus prothoraceque nigrescentibus, squamis sub- 

 aureis parce adspersa ; rostro prothorace mauifcste longiore, piceo, 

 apice pallidiore, scrobibus paulo pone medmm incipientibus ; funi- 

 culi articulo primo quam secundo duplo longiore ; prothorace 

 antice latiorc, utrinqne pone apicem paulo dilatato, lateribus leviter 

 rotundato ; elytris breviter subcordiformibus, striato-punctatis, 

 iuterstitiis baud convexis, in medio uniseriatim setulosis ; pedibus 

 rufo-fcrrugineis, parce squamosis. Long. 1 lin. 



Hah. Swan River (Albany). 



The shorter elytra and somewhat subequilateral form of the 

 prothorax are at once distinctive of this species. 



Dicomada terrea. 

 D. nigra, su^jsilaceo-squamosa, medio prothoracis fusco ; rostro minus 

 tenui, prothorace vix longiore, basi lineis quinque elevatis munito ; 

 scrobibus apicem versus incipientibiis ; antennis fernigineis ; 

 funiculi articido primo quam secundo paulo longiore : prothorace 

 apice multo ang-ustiore, utrinque rotundato, in medio longitudina- 

 liter fusco ; elytris oblougo-cordLformibus, striis obtectis ; corpore 

 infra nigro, squamis albidis adsperso ; pedibus fcrrugineis, parce 

 squamosis. Long. 1| lin. 



Hah. Champion Bay. 



The scales, without being very closely set, completely hide 

 the narrow stria? of the elytra. 



Pakyzeta. 

 Rostrum tenuitcr cylindricum, arcuatum, versus apicem gi'adatim 

 latius ; scrohes submedianaj, obliqua;. Scapus oculum attiugens ; 

 funiculus 7-articulatus, articulo primo elongate, incrassato, caeteris 

 minusculis; dava ampla, distincta. Ocull ovales, tenuitcr granulati. 

 Prothorax transversus, basi rotundatus, lobis ocularibus uulHs. 

 Elytra prothorace multo latiora, oblongo-cordiformia. femora 

 incrassata, mutiea ; tlbim subarcuatce, apice obsolete mucronata? ; 

 tarsi articulo tertio late bilobo, quarto elongato. Co.va; intermedia) 

 approximata}. Abdomen segmentis duobus basalibus ampliatis, 

 tertio quartoquc ad latera paulo arcuatis. 



The characters of the rostrum and the narrower elyti-a are 

 those which ]n-incii)ally distinguish this genus froni^ Xeda. 

 Erirhinus injirmus will give a good idea of the f(dlo wing- 

 species. 



