,VJ<S Mr. Pascoe's descriptions af Curculionidiv. 



IDASTKS. 



Rostrum vix elongatuni, gracile, rutLuidatum ; scrubcs sub- 

 apicales. Antennce graciles ; scupus ocvXo attmgens: funiculus 

 articulis tribus basalibus elongatis, sed secundo lougiori, ceteris 

 gradatim brevioribus ; dava distincte articulata, ovata, pubesceus. 

 Prothorax brevissimus, conicus, lobis ocularibus ciliatis. Srutelluni 

 rotimdatum. Elytra cuneiformia, compressa, liumeris angulatis. 

 Rima pectoralis mesosterno terminata, apice foruicata. Pedes 

 teniiatto; femord siiblinearia, iufra deute valida armata; tibice 

 flexuosa', iiuguiculataj, augiilo auteriure fasciculato; tarsi normales. 



This geiuis belongs to Lacordaire's third " groupe Mecistosty- 

 lides'" of his "' subtribu Criiptorhyndddes vrais"; it includes a 

 number of isolated forms confined to Australia and the neigh- 

 bouring islands. The specimen here described is probably a 

 female; the genus appears to have the nearest affinity to 

 Protopalus, although strikingly different in habit. The genera 

 of the group may be tabulated thus: — 



Rostrum rounded. 



Scape longer than the body Mecomaxtix. 



Scape shorter than the body. 

 With a scutellum. 



Elytra not broader than the prothorax at 



the base ILinidcrr.s. 



Elytra broader. 



Last five joints of the funicle transverse. 



Club of the antenua3 distinctly jointed Apunilaxiix. 

 Ckib of the antenna; unjointed. 

 Rostrum slender. 



Sides of the prothorax straight at 



the base PardHoiiioccnis. 



Sides of the prothorax expanded. 

 Pectoral canal open behind - - 3fcci.sto.iti/lug. 

 Pectoral canal wanted behind - Blcpiarda. 

 Rostrum stout. 

 Last five joints of the funicle gradually 



shorter - Ainallhu.^. 



Tibiaj straight -------- I'rtitcjndii.s. 



Tibia3 flexuous - - - Idastr.s. 



Witl out a scutelluni - ------ A/ioiiioccrm. 



Rostrum depressed Aiiiydala. 



