4S0 Mil. F. P. rASCOiO ON THE CUllCULIONIDJi:. 



A short convex species (the convexity greatest at the base of 

 the elytra) with powdery exudations lying principally in the hol- 

 lows of the surface, but nearly absent in a line or band across the 

 middle of the elytra. The projection of the meaosternum attains 

 its maximum in this species. 



Oxvops CRASSiHOSTRis. O, ovalis, niger, perparum nitidusi squamulis 

 griseis umbrinisque intermixtis adspersus ; rostro brevi, supra paulo 

 convexo ; prothorace conico, lateribus vix rotundato, supra confertirn 

 et fortiter punctato, carina in medio fere obsoleta ; scutello oblongo, 

 gibboso ; elytris modiee ampliatis, baud depressis, humeris obtuse ro- 

 tundatis, foveolis magnis subquadratis seriatim impressis, interstitio 

 tertio basi elevato, postice non tuberculato ; corpore infra pedibusque 

 vage griseo-squamulosis. Long. 4| lin. 

 Hab. Champion Bay. 



The rostrum in this species is broader than it is long, and in 

 no other that I have seen is it nearly so much so ; this peculi- 

 arity, the conical prothorax, and the absence of any decided cal- 

 losities on the elytra afford a very satisfactory diagnosis. 



OxYOPS IRRASUS. 0. breviter ovatus, niger, nltidus, indumento fusco- 

 umbrino fasciculisque pallidioribus vestitus ; rostro sat elongate, lato, 

 medio nitido impunctato, lateribus squaraoso j capite pone oeulos 

 subito constricto ; prothorace subconico, utrinque paulo rotundato, 

 supra rugoso -punctato, basi in medio subdepresso ; scutello ovato, 

 squamoso; elytris brevibus, supra valde convexis, rude punctato-striatis, 

 interstitio tertio antice manifesto elevato, fasciculis plurimis parvis 

 (rarissime majoribus) instructisj corpore infra pedibusque squamis 

 spatultcformibus griseis tectis. Long. 5 lin. 

 Hab, Queensland. 



A well-marked and very distinct species. The greatest con- 

 vexity extends nearly equally over the anterior two-thirds of the 

 elytra. 



OxYOPS BiLUNARis. 0. fuscus, squamis piliformibus griseis sparse 

 tectus; rostro denudato, rugoso-punctato, in medio spatio oblongo 

 impunctato; prothorace granulato-punctato, squamis griseis disper- 

 sis J scutello anguste ovato ; elytris ovatis, striatis, interstitiis granu- 

 latis, utrinque in medio plaga rotundata denudata fusca et fovcata, 

 eadem postice albo-marginata, cseteris tenuiter griseo-squamosis, hu- 

 meris obsoletis : infra pedibusque fuscis, squamis griseis adspersis. 

 Long. 4^ lin. 

 Hab. Gawler, 



The semilunar white line behind the large dark lateral patch is 

 diagnostic of this species. 



