the Austrafiaii Curculionidai. 191 



marked stripes on the prothorax, and an ill-defined band 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. 



Dicomacla ovaUs. 



D. ferruginoa, subtus prothoraceque nigrescentibus, squamis siib- 

 aureis puree adspersa ; rostro prothoraco maiiifcste longiore, picoo, 

 apice pallidiore, serobibus paulo pone medium ineipientibus ; funi- 

 culi articulo primo quam secuudo diiplo longiore ; prothoraee 

 anticc latiorc, utriiique pone apiccm paulo dilatato, lateribus leviter 

 rotundato ; elytris breviter subcordiformibus, striato-punctatis, 

 interstitiis baud convexis, in medio unisei'iatim setulosis ; pedibus 

 rufo-ferrugineis, 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, subsilaceo-squamosa, medio protboracis fusco ; rostro minus 

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

 serobibus apicem versus ineipientibus ; antennis ferrugineis ; 

 funiculi articulo primo quam secuudo paulo longiore ; prothoraee 

 apice multo angustiore, utriuque rotundato, in medio longitudina- 

 liter fusco ; elytris oblongo-cordiformibus, striis obtectis ; corpore 

 infra nigro, squamis albidis adsperso ; pedibus ferrugineis, parce 

 squamosis. Long. 1^ lin. 



Hah. Champion Bay. 



The scales, without being very closely set, completely hide 

 the narrow stria? of the elytra. 



Paryzeta. 



Rostrum tenuiter cylindricum, arcuatum, versus apicem gradatira 

 latius ; scrobes submedianse, obliqua3. Sccqms oculum attiugens ; 

 funiculus 7-articulatus, articulo primo elongato, incrassato, cseteris 

 minusculis; dava ampla, distincta. OcuU ovales, tenuiter granulati. 

 Prothorax transversus, basi rotundatus, lobis ocularibus nullis. 

 Elytra prothoraee multo latiora, oblongo-cordiformia. I'ewora 

 incrassata, mutica ; tibioi subarcuata;, apice obsolete mucronata; ; 

 tarsi articulo tertio late bilobo, quarto elongato. Coxm intermedia? 

 approximataj. Ahdomen scgmeutis duobus basalibus amjiliatis, 

 tertio quartoque ad latera paulo arcuatis. 



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

 those which principally distinguish this genus from Xeda. 

 Erirhinus injinnuH will give a good idea of the following 

 species. 



