the Australian Curculionida?. 89 



Oditesus lycosarius. 



0. niger, opacus, haud squamosus ; capite inter oculos sat profunde 

 excavato, haud earinulato ; rostro vage setoso, antice supra scrobes 

 fortiter excavato, cornibus suberectis, basi approximatis, incras- 

 satis, in carinulis brevibus descendentibus terminatis ; clava an- 

 tennarum breviter elliptica, acuminata; prothorace basi apice 

 latiore, in medio antice subsulcato, supra tuberculis inaequalibus 

 mamilliformibus, vel plus minusve conicis, illis singulis setam 

 gerentibus, instructo, lateribus mamillato-granulatis ; elytris sub- 

 ellipticis, fortiter seriatim punctatis, tuberculis ut in praecedente, 

 sed apicibus tuberculorum evidenter setosis, et interspatiis haud 

 granulatis ; corpore infra vage setoso-punctato ; pedibus valide 

 setosis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. King George's Sound. 



The cavity below the protuberances on the rostrum, which, 

 however, varies in size, seems to afford a ready diagnostic 

 of this species from the last. 



Oditesus incoenis. 



0. niger, opacus, sejunctim pallida ferrugineo- vel aliquando albido- 

 squamulosus ; capite inter oculos subplanato ; rostro angustiore, 

 setoso, cornibus erectis, magis approximatis, inter ea profunde 

 fisso, carinula obsoleta ; prothorace magis oblongo, basi apice 

 evidenter latiore, in medio longitudinaliter sulcato, tuberculis 

 plurimis conicis, nonnuilis submamilliformibus, instructo, lateri- 

 bus mamillatis; elytris obovatis, seriatim punctatis, basi sutu- 

 ram versus subcarinato-tuberculatis, singulo elytro tubercuHs 

 validis conicis ut in specie prgeced. munitis, his interspatiisque 

 squamulosis; corpore infra pedibusque ut in prsecedentibus. 

 Long. 3-3i Kn. 



Hab. King George's Sound. 



The rostrum is narrower in this species ; and the carinula is 

 broader, or has in fact ceased to be one. The fissure between 

 the horns is very marked. 



Oditesus perditus. 



0. niger, opacus, sejunctim griseo-squamulosus ; capite inter oculos 

 parum excavato, sat dense squamoso ; rostro basi squamoso, cor- 

 nibus valde productis, validis; prothorace antice in medio sul- 

 cato, basi apice vix latiore, supra tuberculis mjimiUiforraibus 

 esquamosis sequalibus irregulariter notato, dorso utrinque in medio 

 tuberculo conico breviusculo munito ; elytris subellipticis, ca^teris 

 ut in prsecedentibus. Long. 3| lin. 



Hab. King George's Sound. 



