the Australian Curculionida3. 97 



racdiocrcs ; femora crassa, mutica ; tihke rectoe, apice baud unci- 

 nata) vel mucronatse ; tarsi articulis primo secundoque late trian- 

 gularibus, tertio fortiter bilobo ; umjuicuU liberi. Cox(b anticaj 

 baud contiguae. Pectus longitudinaliter canaliculatum. Meso- 

 sternum augustum, depressum. Metasternuni breve. Abdomen 

 segmentis duobus basalibus amplis. 



The character of the pectoral canal places this genus in 

 Lacordaire's arrangement with his " sous-tribu Ithyporides," 

 but not in the ^^ groupe'''' of that name, nor in any of the re- 

 maining six into which he has divided his " sous-tribu.^^ It 

 is, however, questionable whether he would have not placed 

 it in the Erirhininaj, like Aubeonymusj which also has a pec- 

 toral canal. In a family so difficult to classify as the Curcu- 

 lionidaj, I think it would be better to adhere more strictly to 

 characters, even if it should in some cases lead us away from an 

 apparently more natural arrangement. The species described 

 below is, from its hairiness and coloration, not unlike Ocladius 

 variabilis J 01., after which genus I am content for the present 

 to place it. 



Agriochoita crinita. PI. I. fig, 2. 



A. lato ovata, modice convexa, nigra, supra pills longis nigris, nou- 

 nullis albis, vostita ; rostro capita duplo longiorc, sat sparse piloso ; 

 antennis fcrrugineis ; scapo ab oeulo sat longe terminato ; funiculo 

 articulis duobus basalibus asejualibus, tertio praDcedente fere duplo 

 breviorc ; protborace antice utrinque rotuiulato, postice parallelo, 

 lateribus dense niveo-pilosis ; scutello siibrotundato ; elytris cor- 

 dato-ovatis, striato-punctatis, fasciis duabus intcrruptis, antica 

 arcuata ante medium sita, e pilis densis niveis formatis, ornatis ; 

 corpora infra pedibusque sat sparse longe nivco-pilosis. Long. 

 31in. 



Hab. Queensland (Rockhampton). 



Tragopus plagiatus, PI. I. fig. 7. 



T. oblongus, utrinque cylindrico-conicus, fuscus, parce silaceo- 

 squamosus ; capite rostroque sat dense omnino squaraosis; antennis 

 piceis ; funiculo articulis duobus basalibus a^qualibus, tertio sub- 

 conico, prsecedentis dimidia longitudine ; oculis tonuiter granu- 

 latis ; protborace conico, utrinque perparum rotundato, basi vix 

 bisinuato ; elytris basi protborace vix latioribus, postice gradatim 

 parum latioribus, supra valde convexis, fere obsolete foveatis, 

 transversim interrupte undulato-granulatis, singulis plagis duabus 

 pallidioribus, una ante alteram fere obsoletam pone medium, no- 

 tatis ; corpore infra nigra maculis silaceis latei-aliter notuto ; 

 femoribus subtus dcnte minuto armatis, posticis abdomen baud 

 superantibus. Long. 6 liu. 



Hab. Queensland. 



