438 MU. r. p. PASCOE on the CUnCULIONIDiE. 



transverse; unguiculi liberi. Met aster mim breve. Processus 

 intercoxalis liaud latus, antice angulatus. Abdomen scgmeutis 

 duobus basalibus sequalibus, tertio quartoque conjunctis secundo 

 vix longioribus ; sutura prima angulata. 



The relative narrowness of the iutercoxal process is at variance 

 with most of the genera of this subfamily, which have their posterior 

 corbels open ; the Fhi/llohium-forms in which this character occurs 

 have a short uietasternum; this genus, therefore, would lie between 

 the two. The female, judging from a specimen of P. lecideosus, 

 would appear to have a much narrower, subcorneal prothorax, and 

 elytra gradually broader posteriorly. 



Proxvrus absteksus. (PI. XVII. fig. 8.) P. niger, opacus, squa-- 

 mulis transversis parcius vestitus, nonnulhs albis, et setulis elongatis 

 sparse dispersis ; capite inter oculos fovea oblonga sita ; rostro qua- 

 drate, setulis nigris curvatis tecto ; prothorace vix leviter, sat remote 

 punctato ; scutello rotuudato ; elytris striato-punctatis, punetis rndis 

 oblongis, interstitiis baud convexis, apicibus truncatis, marginibus 

 ciliatis; infra confertira subargenteo-squamosus, squamis rotundatis; 

 pedibus longe sed parce pilosis. Long. 4 lin. (rost. incl.) *. 

 Hab. Western Australia (Champion Bay). 



Pboxyrus lecideosus. p. angustior, fuscus, squamis rotundatis 

 tectus ; capite prothoraceque squamis, illo inter antennas fissura an- 

 gustata sita ; antennis pallide fuscis, setulis griseis tectis ; prothorace 

 sat leviter punctato ; scutello oblongo, apice rotundato ; elytris striato- 

 punctatis, punetis oblongis, interstitiis convexis, griseis, maculis nume- 

 rosis fuscis subconfluentibus notatis, apicibus truncatis; infra sub- 

 argenteo-squamosus ; pedibus ferrugineis, sparse griseo-squamosis et 

 pilosis. Foim. prothorace magis conico, et elytris postice scnsim la- 

 tioribus. Long. 3| lin. (rost. inch). 

 Hab. "West Australia (Champion Bay). 



Zyboosa. 

 (Otiorhynchina3.) 



^Rostrum crassum, capite longius ; scrohes laterales, curvatse, oculos 

 hand attingentes. Oculi laterales, rotundati. Antennce squa- 

 mosse, pone medium rostri inserta3; scapo sensim crassiore, 

 oculum superante; funiculo 7-articulato, lineari, art. duobus 

 basalibus sequalibus, reliquis transversis ; ctava attenuata, ovali. 

 Frolhorax transversus, apice angustus, lateribus basin versus 

 fortiter angulatus, basi bisinuatus. Scutellum minutum, Elytra 

 obovata, basi singulatim paulo producta, humeris oblique trun- 

 cata. JPedes mediocres ; femora parum incrassata ; tibies rectse, 



* When not otherwise mentioned, the length is given exclusive of the rostrum. 



