190 MR. F. P. PASCOE ON THE CTJECULIONID-aS. 



. transversim obsito, pone medium gi-anulato ; scutello semicirculai-i ; 

 elytris prothorace in medio vix latioribus, compressis, humeris pro- 

 ductis, supra grosse granulatis, singulatim triseriatim tuberculatis — 

 serie interiore tribus, intermedio duobus, exteriore etiam duobus mi- 

 nusculis, obsitis, tuberculo conico majusculo apicali, alteroque apiee 

 ipso, munitis, lateribus profunde punctatis, punctis setigeris ; cor- 

 pore pedibusque subvage silaceo-squamosis, tibiis setulosis. Long. 

 7 lin. 



Hub. Queensland. 



Allied to P. Jelcelii, Waterh., but longer and proportionally 

 •narrower ; the second joint of the funicle much longer, &c. 



PoROPTERUS MORDiLLosus. P. sat angusto-ovatus, niger, squamis 

 elongatis pallide fuscescentibus plus minusve tectus ; capite rostroque 

 rugoso-squamosis, hoc baud carinato ; oculis subtenuiter granulatis j 

 antennis piceisj funieulo art. secundo primo sesquilongiore ; pro- 

 thorace baud granulato, latitudine vix longiore, antice modice con- 

 stricto, utrinque sat fortiter rotundato, supra subsilaceo, in medio 

 4-tuberculato, tuberculis depressis, aliquando fere obsoletis, approxi- 

 matis, duobus posticis majoribus j elytris compressis, subovatis, pro- 

 thorace paulo latioribus, postice vix subito declivibus, lateribus 4- 

 seriatira profunde punctatis, singulatim tuberculis fasciculatis obtusis, 

 seriebus duabus munitis, serie interiore e quatuor, basali sat ele^jato, 

 serie exteriore e sex minoribus, compositis, apicibus conjunctis fortiter 

 rotundatis; corpore infra pedibusque rugoso-squamosis. Long. 5- 

 6i lin. 



Hab. Tasmania. 



Like P. verves in the next section, but the tubercles less pro- 

 minent and more numerous on the elytra. 



PoROPTERUS FLEXuosus. P. subovatus, fuscus, squamositate squa- 

 mulisque griseis tectus ; capite inter oculos fovea profunda impresso ; 

 rostro rugoso-punctato, basi tricarinato ; oculis tenuiter granulatis ; 

 antennis piceis, art. secundo primo sesquilongiore; prothorace sub- 

 oblongo, utrinque rotundato, apice paulo producto, late rotundato, 

 lateribus antice fortiter arcuato-sulcato, sujjra plicato in medio lon- 

 gitudinaliter tricarinato ; elytris ovatis, in medio prothorace latioribus, 

 apicem versus productis, apicibus mucronatis, supra reticulato-fo- 

 veatis, singulo carinis tribus curvatis notato ; pedibus setis majusculis 

 vestitis. Long. 5 lin. 



Hob. South Australia (Adelaide). 



PoROPTERUS MASTOiDEUS. P. ovatus, nigcr, opacus, squamulis 

 griseis omnino sat dense tectus, supra granulis nitidis minutis nu- 

 merosis dispersis ; capite inter oculos longitudinaliter sulcato-foveato ; 

 rostro valido, subconfertim punctato, punctis squamigeris ; oculis 



