198 On Additions to the Australian Gvncvi^oxa^^. 



of the epipleura, abruptly constricted, and the scales at the 

 base of the elytra concolorous with and closely fixed to the 

 derm, the part, except under a strong lens, appearing denuded. 



Poropterus varicosus. 

 P. ovatus, convexus, niger, capite rostroque umbrino-squamosis ; 

 funiculi articulo secundo quam primo duplo longiore, cseteris ro- 

 tundatis vel submoniliformibus ; prothorace apice paulo producto, 

 utrinque manifeste rotundato, tubercuHs sex iuconspicuis notato — 

 duobus apicalibus, quatuor in medio transversim sitis ; elytris 

 pone medium latioribus, singulis interrupte bicarinato-fasciculatis, 

 apice late rotundatis, epipleuris baud determinatis ; tibiis brevibus, 

 validis, manifeste flexuosis. Long, 5 lin. 



Hah. Illawarra. 



Much the same kind of outline as the two preceding, but 

 more convex, the flanks of the elytra not marked off by a 

 carina, shorter and stouter tibise, &c. 



Poropterus om'scus. 

 P. ovatus, sat fortiter convexus, niger, capite rostroque squamis um- 

 briuis tectus ; rostro valido ; scapo breviusculo, ante medium rostri 

 inserto ; funiculi articulo secundo quam primo sesquilongiore ; 

 ocuhs fortiter granulatis ; prothorace antice modice coustricto, apice 

 paulo angustiore, vixproducto, utrinque rotundato, tubercuHs fasci- 

 culatis sex notato — duobus apicalibus, quatuor transversis ; elytris 

 ovalibus, in medio quam pi-otborace multo latioribus, seriatim punc- 

 tatis, interspatiis subtuberculiformibus, squamis majoribus erectis 

 adspersis, basi paucifasciculatis, apice rotundatis ; segmcutis duobus 

 basalibus abdominis valde ampliatis ; tibiis breviuscuHs, Hexuosis. 

 Long. 4 lin, 



Hab. Queensland. 



The antenna in nearly all the species of PorojJterus are in- 

 serted not far from the tip of the rostrum ; in this one the 

 insertion is nearer the middle. 



Poropterus tumulosus. 

 P. ovatus, modice convexus, fuscus, omnino squamis pallide um- 

 brinis dense tectus ; rostro valido ; funiculo artieulis duobus 

 basalibus baud elongatis, primo quam secundo fere sequali, cajteris 

 transversis ; clava ovali ; oculis teuuissime granulatis ; prothorace 

 antice midto angustiore, apice producto, crebre puuctato, in medio 

 longitudinaliter excavato, tuberculis duodecim instructo — duobus 

 apicahbus, decern in seriebus duabus transversis sitis ; elytris 

 breviter ovatis, pone medium prothorace multo latioribus, postice 

 fortiter declivibus, singulis tuberculis vahdis circa viginti sub- 

 seriatim positis, apicibus rotundatis ; segmentis duobus basalibus 



