the Australian CurculionidEe. 413 



producto, basi profunde bisinuato ; elytris modice convexis, am- 

 pliatis, apicem versus sat fortiter constrictis, apioe ipso rotundato, 

 supra irregulariter nigro-fasciculatis, squamis erectis claviformibus 

 adspersis ; abdomine segmentis duobus basalibus peramplis ; tarsis 

 posticis articulo penultimo minus bilobo. Long. 6 liu. 



Hab. Gajndah. 



In outline like P. innominatius {ant^, vol. xi. p. 197), but 

 proportionally broader, the prothorax strongly and angularly 

 expanded at the sides, the rostrum stout, comparatively short, 

 and roughly punctured, and the two basal joints of the funicle 

 of nearly equal size, the second perhaps a trifle longer. The 

 fascicles on the elytra are disposed nearly as in P. innominatuSj 

 but are less distinctly limited. 



SCOLYPHRUS. 



Bostnim subrobustum, arcuatum ; scrobes submedianae, obliquse, 

 ampliatae. Scajpus in medio rostri insertus ; funiculus 7-articu- 

 latus, articulis duobus basalibus longioribus, ultimo in clavam 

 continuato. Prothorax ad latera compressus, supra panim con- 

 vexus, apice productus. Elytra ampla. Femora parum incrassata, 

 mutica; tib ice recty^ ; tors? lineares, infra baud spongiosi. Abdo- 

 men segmentis duobus basalibus peramplis. 



Differentiated from Foropterus by its narrow tarsi, the third 

 joint not being bilobed, canaliculate beneath, with the edges 

 fringed with silky hairs. Agenopus, also having linear tarsi, 

 has the three intermediate segments of the abdomen equal or 

 nearly so. The species described below is a rough-looking 

 insect, with a deep prothorax, the sides below the line of the 

 back compressed and nearly vertical. 



Scolyphrus ohesiis. 



S. niger, opacus, squamulis crassis griseis adspersus ; rostro pro- 

 tborace breviore, sat sparse punctulato ; oculis infra sensim 

 angustioribus ; funiculo articulo secundo quam primo longiore ; 

 clava parva ; prothorace longitudine latitudini aequali, dorso in 

 medio longitudinaliter depresso, apice angusto, ante medium 

 fortiter rotundato, dein ad basin parum angustiore ; elytris per- 

 amplis, lat-e ovatis, sat fortiter convexis, basi grosse, versus medium 

 sensim minus puuctatis, apice rotundatis. Long. 8 lin. 



Hab. Queensland (Port Denison). 



Petosiris annulipes. 



P. subovalis, supra modice convexus, fuscus, squamis erectis con- 

 coloribus vage adspersus ; capite inter oculos longitudinaliter ex- 

 cavate ; rostro modice elongato ; antennis subferrugineis ; funiculo 

 articulis duobus basalibus a^quabbus, quatuor secjuentibus brevi- 

 usculis, ultimo valde anipliato ; prothorace transverso, lateribus a 



