484 MU. F. p. PASCOE ON THE CUIICULIONID.E. 



latis, niaculis pleriimque transversim conjunctis ; corpore infra pedi- 

 busque albidis, tibiis anticis sparse nigro-, aliis albido-setulosis ; anten- 

 nis dense albido-squamosis, nigro-setulosis, elava nigra. Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Australia. . . 



Less convex than either of the preceding. 



Onksorus candidus. 0. undique albo-squamosus ; rostro in medio 

 leviter carinato ; prothorace utrinque vix rotundato, basi quara apice 

 paulo latiore ; scutello obsoleto ; elytris sat anguste ovatis, eonvexis, 

 seriatim punctatis, punetis rotundatis, nudis, nigris ; pedibus squamulis 

 elongatis interjectis ; antennis albo-squamosis et setulosis, clava, basi 

 excepta, nigra. Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Australia. 



A rather narrow species, the prothorax nearly straight at the 

 sides. The elytra are slightly striated posteriorly, owiug to the 

 greater approximation of the punctures. 



ESMELINA. 



(Leptopsinse.) 



Caput convexum. Bostrum capite angustius, subarcuatum, supra 

 carina tenui, apice in plagam triangulatam productum ; sulcus 

 transversalis nullus. Oculi obovati, subdepressi, infra acumi- 



■ uati. Antenna modice elongatse ; scapo brevi, oculum baud 

 superante ; funiculo 7-articulato, art. distinctis, duobus basa- 

 libus longiusculis, sequalibus, csoteris gradatim brevioribus ; 

 clava ovato-acuminata. Prothorax subquadrangularis, latera- 

 liter leviter rotundatus, basi apiceque fere truncatus. Scu- 

 tdlum rotundatum. Elytra oblongo-ovalia, basi hand arcuata. 

 Pedes sat robusti ; femora in medio incrassata ; tibice rectse, 

 eorbulis apertis ; tarsi sequales, art. secundo anguste trian- 

 gulari, tertio ampliato ; unguicuU connati, ina^quales. Corpus 

 infra ut in Poli/pJirade. 

 Prom PolypJirades, Schtin., this genus, which is very distinct 



in habit, diifers iu many particulars, especially in its short scape, 



unequal claws, and the possession of a scutellum. 



EsMELiNA FLAVOVITTATA. (PI. XIX. fig. 8.) Fusco-uigra, squamis 

 minutis omnino tecta ; elytris singulatim vitta lata flavo-ochracea or- 

 natis ; capite pedibusque pube cinerascente vestitis ; antennis rufo- 

 brunneis, cinereo-pubeseentibus ; prothorace sat remote punctato, 

 lateribus leviter rotundato ; scutello indeterminato rotundato ; elytris 

 seriatim punctatis, punetis nigris, reraotis; corpore infra ciuereo- 

 argenteo-squamoso. Long. ^^5 lin. 



Hab. Queensland ? 



