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iiarroAver bchinrl, and there nearly parallel-sided^ apex 

 medially emargiiiate, base truncate ; its surface is unevcu, 

 there is a broad lougitudinal depression behind the middle, 

 some punctures are visible near the front, but the rest of 

 the sculpture consists of short, irregular, shining rugae, those 

 near the base are transverse, the others lougitudinal; the 

 deflexed sides are coarsely punctate-rugose. Scutellum small. 

 Elytra oblong, oviform, wider than thorax at base, shoulders 

 rather narrow ; the third interstices are distinctly elevated 

 from the base to the top of the posterior declivity, but do not 

 become nodiform there, they being slightly raised nearly as 

 far as the apices ; the fifth are also cariniforni, but do not 

 extend so far back ; the seventh unite with the third at the 

 extremity; between each of these there are two series of 

 ill-defined coarse piuictures ; the apices are dehiscent, but 

 not projecting. 



Underside irregularly punctate, clothed with grey setiform 

 scales. Abdomen elongate, basal segment broadly depressed 

 medially, longer than second, third and fourth moderately 

 short, fifth nearly as long as the preceding two taken 

 together, sixth very short and curvate. Legs normal. 



Length (rostr. inch) 8^, breadth 3 lines. 



Ida Valley. 



The name of its discoverer, Mr. J. II. Lewis, is applied to 

 this fine weevil. The specimen is unique. 



TocRis, gen. nov. 



Body oblong. Head and rostrum broad and flat, conjointly 

 as long as the thorax and almost as broad as that is ; the 

 rostrum pterygiate at apex. Scrobes open above, deep, 

 rather abruptly bent towards the lower surface, but not 

 reaching the eyes. Scape straight and gradually incrassate, 

 it attains the back of tlie eye. Funiculus evidently longer 

 than the scape; basal three joints only moderately elongate, 

 the first slightly longer than either of the following two ; 

 fourth longer than broad; joints 5 to 7 almost bead-like; 

 club large, oval. Eyes distant from thorax and from each 

 other, distinctly facetted, quite transverse, narrow in the 

 longitudinal direction, acuminate belovv. Thorax sub- 

 quadrate, narrowed behiad, base and apex truncate, ocular 

 lobes obsolete. Scutellum small. Elytra ovate-oblong, a 

 little wider than the thorax at the base. Ler/s elongate, 

 iemora moderately clavate. Tibia mucronate, the posterior 

 without any external truncature at the extremity. Tarsi 

 rather narrow, basal three joints distinctly longer than 



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