the Australian Curculionidas. 95 



a pearly lustre, those on the head are deeply hollowed out at 

 the base, giving the head itself the appearance of being closely 

 punctured. Hojylocneme^ White (Voy. Erebus and Ten-or, 

 Entom. p. 14), without doubt belongs to this group, and is 

 closely allied to Stephanorhynchus of the same author. Mr. 

 White says, in regard to its affinity, that " it is not far removed 

 from Orchestesy 



Phrenozemia Jyproides. 



P. oblonga, nigra, pedibus rufo-testaceis, squamulis griseo-albis 

 omuino dense tecta, squamulis piliformibus raro adspersa ; rostro, 

 apice excepto, toto squamuloso, in medio supra bneis tribus ele- 

 vatis instructo ; antennis rufo-testaceis, sparse niveo-pilosis, pro- 

 thorace latitudine paulo longiore, utrinque leviter rotundato, 

 punctis plurimis rude impresso ; elytris latitudine plus duplo 

 longioribus, striato-punctatis, interstitiis parum convexis, quarto 

 qixintoque versus apicem tuberculo parvo instructis, apice rotun- 

 datis ; tarsis articulo idtimo rufo-testaceo, apice unguiculisque 

 nigris. Long. If lin. 



Hob. King George's Sound. 



Belus centralis. PI. I. fig. 4. 



B. linearis, elongatus, fuscus, supra confertim granulatus, impunc- 

 tatus ; prothorace utrinque vittis duabus, elytrisque macula cora- 

 muni in medio, e pilis condensatis ochraceis formatis, notatis ; 

 antennis articulis duobus basalibus piceis, nitidis (primo quam 

 secundo vix duplo longiore), caeteris pallidioribus ; elytris apice 

 productis, lateribus aliquando maculatim ochraceo-pilosis ; cor- 

 pore infra pedibusque albido pilosis. Long. 8| lin. (rostr. incl.). 



Hab. South Australia. 



This species has the outline of B. bi'dentatus, but differs in 

 the sculpture, and in having a central spot common to both 

 elytra. 



Myrmacicelus exsertus. 



M. oblongo-ovatus, ater, nitidus ; rostro sat sparse subtiliter punc- 

 tulato ; prothorace subtilissimc vage punctulato ; elytris impunc- 

 tatis ; tarsis articulo basali antice rotimdato, idtimo a praecedente 

 distincto et paido exserto. Long. 2 lin. (rostr. incl.). 



Hab. West Australia. 



My specimens of this Curculionid are a little larger than 

 M. formicariuSj Chevr., and the punctation, weak as it is, is 

 decidedly stronger ; but it differs essentially in not having the 

 claw -joint embayed as it were between the lobes of the pre- 

 ceding one, so as to give the tarsus the appearance of being 

 three-jointed only, as in formicarius. Guerin has given a 



