492 Mil. F. p. PASOOE ON THE CURCULIONIDiE. 



gro ; elytris brevibus, huraeris subobliquis, utrinque fortiter rotundatis, 

 punctato-stviatis, punctis elongatis ; corpore infra disperse flavescenti- 

 squamuloso ; femoribus brevibus, dente tenuato subtus armatis. Long, 

 U-2ilin. 

 Hab. Gawler. 



The intermediate specimens of thia species are above the size 

 and shape of Gionus thapsus, to which the round dark spot on the 

 elytra gives the species a marked resemblance. There are indi- 

 cations, more or less, of two or three pale bands on the elytra ; 

 the general colour is sometimes rather smoky than reddish brown. 



Haplonyx turtur. H. obovatus, supra squamulis albidis sat dense 

 tectus; rostro valido, subdepresso, nigro, reticulato -punctate, basi 

 disperse squamuloso ; prothorace conico, apice quam basi duplo an- 

 gustiore, antice gibbosulo, nigro-maculato, pone apieem tuberculis 

 duobus parvis, erectis, nigris ; scutello subrotundato, nigro ; elytris 

 breviter ovatis, valde convexis, dimidio basali fusco-nebulosis, antice 

 fasciculis sex transversim positis, medio quatuor etiam transversim 

 positis, pone eos duobus, totis nigris ; infra pedibusque albo-squaniu- 

 losis, femoribus dente mediocri subtus instructis. Long. 2-2\ lin. 

 Hab. Gawler. 



The brown colour, which varies in intensity and is sometimes 

 mixed with ochre at the base of the elytra, divides them into two 

 nearly equal parts ; their apices are also occasionally margined, 

 more or less, with brown. 



M. Lacordaire has given a figure of an Haplonyx (pi. 73. fig. 1) 

 which, if correct, does not belong to the genus, the claws being 

 represented in a normal state. It is named " H. maleficus, Lac. 

 n. sp.," but is not described. 



EXPLANATION OP THE PLATES. 



Note. — In some of the details the artist has failed to bring out, or has not 

 rigidly reproduced, some of the points mentioned in the text ; he has, however, 

 admirably represented the individuality of the insects themselves. 



Plate XVIL 

 Fig. L Poll/teles decussatus. 



2. Sulcus fflobosus ; 2a, lateral view of the head ; 2b, antenna ; 2c, fore leg. 



3. Bemimcea luctuosa ; 3 a, lateral view of the head ; 3 b, antenna ; 3 e, 



tarsus. 



4. Diapkna signata ; 4 a, lateral view of the head ; 4 J, antenna ; 4 c, fore leg. 



5. Cyrotyphus fascicxilaris ; 5 a, lateral view of the head ; 5 b, antenna ; 5 c, 



hind leg. 



