Curculionidae from various parts of Australia. 201 



punctures; fifth feebly, four of the lateral ones acutely carinated. 

 Abdomen with dense punctures; second segment slightly longer than 

 third and fourth conibined. Femora strongly dentate. Length 4 — 5 mm. 



Hab.: N. S.Wales, Sydney (Hamburg Museum and A. M. LEA), 

 Victoria, Mallee (C. FßENCH), Bircliip (J. C. GONDIE) ; S. Australia; 

 Petersburg (T. BLACKBURN). 



On the head the flavous scales may be absent, • or confined to a 

 small spot on the forehead. On the prothorax they are usnally confined 

 to a short stripe on the middle of the base. On the elytra they form 

 numerous small and irregularly distributed spots, which frequently are so 

 disposed as to form narrow and very irregulär fascise. On specimens 

 wliich appear to be males the four front tibise are each terminated by 

 a long spine, which commences at the summit of the dilated apex and 

 diverges at an angle of about 20 degrees from the apex itself, the length of 

 the spine being about the length of the first tarsal Joint. But on specimens 

 which appear to be females, the spines are shorter, stouter, and do not 

 spring from the summit of the apex, whilst the tibi?e themselves are longer. 



In general appearance somewhat close to Melanterius amplipenms, 

 but clothing different, elytra wider, Shoulders more rounded and prothorax 

 distinctly narrower at apex. It also looks somewhat like a large specimen 

 of M. iiniseriatus, but the metasternal episterna have each more than one 

 row of punctures. The species would have been referred to Melanterius, 

 but for the structure of the male tibiae. 



On two specimens the reddish scales are more or less diluted with 

 ochreous, Avhilst the flavous ones are almost white. On another the 

 reddish scales are more or less brown, whilst the pal er scales are rather 

 deeply stained with ochreous. 



Melanterius costipennis, LEA. Hab.: Australia. 



Mechistocerus tenuirostris, LEA. Hab.: Australia. 



Mechistocerus compositum, LEA. Hab.: Australia. 



Hexymusmonachus, PASC. Hab.:Queensland,Rockhampton. 



Poropterus bisignatus, PASC. Hab.: Queensland, Gayndah. 



Poropterus flexuosus, PASC. Hab.: Australia. 



Pseudoporopterus delirus, PASC. Hab.: Queensland, Bock- 

 hampton. 



Eury poropterus funereus, LEA. Hab.: Australia. 



Euryporopterus annulipes, Pasc Hab.: Queensland, 

 Gayndah. 



Imaliodes subfasciatus, PASC. 



One specimen labelled as from W. Australia, but probably in error. 



Imaliodes nodulostis, PASC. Hab.: Queensland, Bock- 

 hampton, Gayndah. 



