the Australian Curculionidse. 93 



utrinquc sat remote desinentibus ; tihiis anticis apicem versus fal- 

 catis ; funiculo articulis ultimis transversis. 



From the other genera allied to Aoplocnemis this is differen- 

 tiated by the curved anterior tibife, which are otherwise some- 

 what peculiar, the apex not being angularly dilated and the 

 mucro given off at one of the angles, but passing gradually 

 into the mucro, which thus becomes a continuation of the 

 tibia; this is clearly indicated on the Plate (fig. 18). 



CEnochroma ruheta. 

 (E. angustc oblonga, rufo-ferruginea, opaca ; capite rostroque crebre 

 tenuiter punctulatis, hoc prothoracc parum breviore, apicc paulo 

 deprcsso ; funiculo articulis duobus basalibus longitudine fequali- 

 bus (primo crassiore), cseteris brevibus ; oculis ovatis ; prothoracc 

 oblougo, utriuque rotundato, basi truncato, apice angustiore, cou- 

 fertira granulato-punetato, pilis parvis flavis parcc adspcrso ; 

 elytris oblongo-subcordatis, sulcato-punctatis, interstitiis confertc 

 grauulatis, squamis ochraceis maculas adspersas, uuam communem 

 in medio formantibus ; corpora infra donudato ; pedibus parce 

 pilosis. Long. 2 lin. 



Hah. Sydney. 



I owe this, and many other species, to my indefatigable 

 correspondent Mr. Masters of Sydney. 



MiSOPHRICE. 

 Rostrum raodicc elongatum, paulo arcuatum, basi crassius ; scrohes 

 praemediana), infra rostrum currentes ; scapus longiusculus, apice 

 clavatus ; funiculus 6-articulatus, articulis prime et secuudo paulo 

 longioribus, illo crassiore, ca^teris turbinatis ; clava valida, di- 

 stincta. Oculi magui, promiuuH, rotuudati. Protliorax subcyliu- 

 dricus, margine antico truncato, lobis ocularibus nuUis. Scutelhnu 

 punctiforme. Elytra ovalia, prothoracc manifeste latiora. Pedes 

 vahdi ; femora in medio crassa, mutica ; tibice flexuosae ; tarsi 

 triarticulati, articulo tertio dilatato, integro. Abdomen segmentis 

 tertio quartoque conjunctim sccundo longioribus. 



The six-jointed funicle, and tarsi without the claw-joint as 

 in A)ioj)ltiSj are at once diagnostic of this genus. Endalus 

 and Tanysphyrus^ also belonging to this section of the sub- 

 family, have a six-jointed funicle, but the normal number of 

 tarsal joints. 



Misophrice hispida. 



M. oblongo-ovata, nigra, supra pedibusque setis longis erectis ejus- 

 dem colons sat vage instructa ; rostro apicem versus setis dece- 

 dentibus muiiito, in medio lineis diiabus longitudiualiter impi-esso; 

 antennis nigris, subnitidis, clava breviter ovata ; prothoracc ob- 

 longo, antice paulo angustiore, basi parum bisinuato, pubc nivoa 

 adsper^o ; scutollo angusto ; elyti'is striato-punctatis, punctis sub. 



Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 4. 'TW. x. 8 



