the Australian Curculionidce. 419 



gioribus ; prothorace subconico, utrinque rotundato, punctis par- 

 vis, singulis squama repletis, confertim impresso ; elytris sub- 

 ovatis, protborace manifeste latioribus, basi fortiter bisinuatis, 

 apice obtuse rotundatis, auguste striato-punctatis, striis squamulis 

 piliformibus albis uniseriatim adpressis, interstitiis latis plauatis, 

 obsolete punctulatis ; corpora infra, femoribus subtus tibiisque 

 sat dense albo-squamosis, bis brevibus, baud compressis, posticis 

 pauIo longioribus. Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. Swan River. 



Embaphiodes. 



Rostrum tenuatum, paulo depressum, arcuatum; scrohes postme- 

 dianae, ad oculum currentcs. Omil rotundati, subtenuiter granu- 

 lati. Scapus oculum attingens ; funiculus 7-articulatus, articulis 

 quatuor primis elongatis, caeteris brevibus ; clava oblonga, di- 

 stincta. Prothorax subconicus, supra depressus, apice productus, 

 lobis ocularibus prominulis. Seutellum parvum. Elytra cunei- 

 formia, protborace baud latiora, supra planata, margine exteriore 

 carinata, epipleuris distinetis, verticalibus. Rima pectoralis inter 

 coxas intermedias extensa, apice cavernosa. Pedes mediocres ; 

 femora postica elongata, subtus dentato-angulata, antica et inter- 

 media mutica, sublinearia ; tibice flexuosae, compressor ; tarsi arti- 

 culo basali modice elongate, penultimo fortiter bilobo. Abdomen 

 segmentis duobus basalibus ampliatis. 



A singular genus belonging to the TyJodes group, but, like 

 its neighbours Plarjiocorynus and GlochmorhinuSj with no 

 obvious allies. The upper surface of the narrow wedge-shaped 

 elytra is slightly concave and bounded at the side, except 

 towards the apex, by a very strong carina, from which the 

 epipleura descends almost vertically ; that it is not quite ver- 

 tical is owing to a marked concavity below the carina ; the 

 epipleura itself constitutes the largest part of each elytron. 

 Although this style is common among the Tenebrionidee, I do 

 not recollect any other instance of it among the Curculionidai, 

 except, to a certain extent, in Hyhomorplms and a few others. 



Embajyhiodes pyxidatus. 



E. fuscus, sordide griseo-squamosus ; rostro quam capito protborace- 

 que conjunctira longiore, nitidc castaneo, (basi excepta) esquamoso; 

 antennis nitidis, funiculo articulo secundo quam primo sesqm- 

 longiore ; prothorace pone apiccm lunato-irapresso, utrinque ro- 

 tundato, crebre punctate, punctis singulis squamam gerentibus ; 

 elytris sejunctim squamosis, punctis squamigeris instructis, in dorso 

 singulorum seriebus quatuor dispositis ; corpore infra podibusque 

 dense squamulosis, squamis majoribus dispersis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Lord Howe Island. 



