454 MK. F. p. PASCOE ON THE CURCULIONIDJE. 



Leptops ebeninus. L. obovatus, niger, nitidus, glabev; rostro basi 

 quinquecarinato J scrobe flexuosa, oculum baud attingente, inter 

 oculos tuberculis duobus obliquis, leviter elevatis ; fronte Isevissima, 

 convexa, impunctata ; prothorace rotundato, basi quam apice an- 

 gustiorc, supra grosse et inscqualiter confertim granulato; scutcllo 

 punctiformi ; elytris modice ovatis, singulo quadriscriatim tuber- 

 culatis, tuberculis conicis magnis, nitidissimis, serie suturali uno 

 posticali niajore, serie externa duobus, intermediis a;qualibus, inter- 

 stitiis granulatis, apicibus perparum rotundato-productis ; infra fe- 

 moribusque parce griseo-setulosis ; tibiis dense griseo-squamulosis. 

 Long. 5^ lin. 

 Hab. Queensland. 



A deep-black species with large glossy tubercles on the ely- 

 tra, and without any scales, except a few little greyish bodies 

 in the cavities between the projecting points. 



Orphanistes. 



(Cryptorhynchinse.) 



Bostrum elongatum, rectum, paulo depressuin ; scrobes subme- 

 diantD, rcctte, oculos attingentes. Oculi magni, infra sub- 

 approximati. Antennce modice elongatjB ; scapo apice clavato 

 fimiculo 7-articulato, art. prime brevisaimo, secundo valde 

 elongato, tei'tio ad sextum gradatim brevioribus, septimo pra)- 

 cedenti paulo longiore, omnibus ultiniis obcoiiicis ; clava tcnuiter 

 ovali. Frothorax conicus, antice tubulatus, apice productus, 

 basi late emarginatus. JElytra trigona, singulatim basi pro- 

 ducta, pone humeros obliqua, callosa, et prothorace multo 

 latiora, deinde sensim attenuata. Pedes elongati, lineares, 

 tibicB rectae. Metasternum breve. Uima pectoralis profunda, 

 inter coxas intermedias terminata. Abdomen segmentis 1-4 

 gradatim brevioribus. 



Allied to the following, but with different antennsD, a longer 

 depressed rostrum with straight scrobes, and elytra having a 

 callosity behind the shoulder. The type, one of the finest and 

 most remarkable of the Australian Curculionids, is black, with 

 scaly patches of luteous spotted with pale pure yellow. 



Orphanistes eustictus. (PI. XVIII. fig. 9.) 0. modice elongatus, 

 uiger, maculis luteis flavisque decoratus ; rostro nitido, basi rugoso- 

 punctato J antennis nigris, nitidis, clava opaca ; capite lutco-niacu- 

 lato ; protborace longiore quam latiore, crebre foveato, medio cariuu- 

 lato, macula magna lutea flavaque antice sita, duabus parvis basa- 



