the Andndiun Curcullonlda'. 185 



ferrugiileis, squamis urgenteis adspersis ; femoribus in medio 

 nigrescentibus. ^Long. 1| liii. 



Hah. Fremautlc. 



DiETHUSA. 

 Rostrum breviusculum, versus apiccm cito aiigustius ; scrohes siibraodi- 

 ange, laterales, obliquae. Scapits oculum attingcns ; funiculus 7- 

 articulatiis,articuli8 duobiis basalibuslongiusculis.primo incrassato, 

 reli(|iiis obconicis, ultimis trunsversis ; c/ava distincta. OcuU ro- 

 tundati, siibtenuiter granulati, aiitice parum approximati. Pro- 

 thora.v aubconk'Uf^.h'dsi bisinuatus,lobis ocularibus nullis. Scatellum 

 oblongnra. E/i/tra subcoidiformia, prothoracc multo latiora. 

 Pectus breve, caiialiculatum. Coxcb anticae basi fere contiguac, 

 intermedia."' distantes : femora crassa, dentata : tibice breves, 

 Hcxuoste, apice bicalcaratse (posticae fere obsoletaj exceptae) ; tarsi 

 articulo tertio bilobo, quarto minusculo ; um/uiculi divaricati. 

 Mesosternum depressum, anticc arcuatum. Abdomen segmentis 

 duobus basalibus ampliiitis, suturis tribus intermediis rectis. 



The peculiar character of the rostrum^ in conjunction with 

 the nornuil cliaractcr of abdominal segment-s and pectoral canal, 

 is at once distinctive of this genus. The two spurs of the 

 anterior and intermediate tibia) are, I consider, mucros, the 

 outer and larger one being in the usual position, the inner one 

 replacing the tuft of hairs often present when the tibia is a 

 little dilated on the inner margin of the apex. 



Diethusa fervida. 



D. nigra, squamis laete nifo-fcrrugiueis, supra maculatim ochraceis, 

 dense vestita ; rostro antennisque fulvo-ferrugineis, vel ferrugineis, 

 illo prothorace manifeste brevioi'e ; funicidi articulo primo modice 

 elougato, secundo breviore ; prothorace utrinqi^ rotundato ; elytris 

 striato-pimctatis, punctis elongatis, nitidis, interstitiis modice con- 

 vexis; corpore infra pedibusque fulvo-ferrugineis, sejunctim griseo- 

 squamosis ; femoribus posticis dente ampliato instructis. Long. 

 2 lin. 



Ilah. South Australia. 



Emplesis JiHrostris. 



E. oblongo-elliptica, picea, squamis griseis sejunctim tecta ; capite 

 inter oculos squamis majoribus prominulis instructo ; rostro fili- 

 formi, (S duplo, $ prothorace triplo longiore, castaneo, nudo, fere 

 impunctato ; antennis gracilibus, sparse setulosis ; prothorace 

 transverso, antice constricto, lobis ocularibus nullis ; elytris pro- 

 thorace (iuadruplolongioribus,hunierisrotuiidatis,striato-i)unctatis, 

 punctis approximatis, interstitiis hand convexis ; corpore infra 

 squamis piliformibus adsperso ; pedibus sejunctim sciuamosis. 

 bong. 24 lin. 



I hill, ('ham|iion Bay. 



