380 Mr. F. P. Piiscoe on Australian Curculiomdce. 



sides, with narrower, more decidedly defined carinje, the inter- 

 stices broader, not tuLerculate at the base, and the apex 

 abruptly truncate, the two callosities on the truncated portion 

 in A. ina'qualis forming in this species an elevated transverse 

 fold ; antennas shorter and stouter, the seventh joint of the 

 funicle less closely joined to the club ; on the prothorax a 

 transverse slightly raised tubercular line curved forwards on 

 each side, and of a lighter colour than the rest. The genus, 

 which now contains seven species, is remarkable for the absence 

 of the claw-joint. 



AteUciis crassijjes. 



A. angusto cylindricus, ferruginous, macula basali, prothoracis late- 

 ribus, humeris, et annulo in apice elytrorum fulvo-squamosia ; 

 pcdibus crassiusculia. Long. 2 liu. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



Narrowly cylindrical, ferruginous ', sides of the prothorax, 

 spot at the base, scutellum, shoulders and ring on the apex of the 

 elytra pale fulvous, caused by minute scales ; head, rostrum, 

 and disk of the prothorax apparently free from scales, the 

 latter with scattered well-marked punctures ; elytra scarcely 

 broader than the prothorax at the base, seriate-punctate, the 

 interstices set with very minute pearly scales, as on the pro- 

 thorax ; legs stout, femora and tibiee closely covered with ful- 

 vous scales 5 tarsi less scaly. 



Allied to A, atrophus^ but more cylindrical, i. e. the sides 

 of the elytra nearly parallel, the elytra not so long in propor- 

 tion, and with fulvous scales on the shoulders, prothorax, &c. 



Orthorhinus aspredo. 



0. cylindricus, niger, tuberculatus, squamulis minutis albis adspersus ; 

 rostro elongate, recto ; fuuiculo articulo primo eloBgato. Long. 

 ^ lin. 



Ilah. Queensland. 



Cylindrical, black, tuberculate, with minute white scales 

 scattered between the tubercles ; rostrum straight, half as long 

 again as the prothorax, finely punctured, each puncture bear- 

 ing a white scale ; basal joint of the funicle as long as the four 

 next together ; prothorax constricted anteriorly, about as long 

 as broad, a small tuft of ochraceous hairs on each side at the 

 apex ; scutellum nearly semicircular ; elytra parallel at the 

 sides, one or two rows of impressed punctures between irregular 

 or unequal lines of tubercles, some of the tubercles tipped with 

 a short spiniform process, base and middle of the elytra with 

 a small tuft of ochraceous hairs, preapical callus also tufted ; 



