﻿THE 
  AUSTRALIAN 
  FERX 
  WEEVILS. 
  171 
  

  

  Syagrius 
  pembertoni, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (Plate 
  vi, 
  fig. 
  4). 
  

  

  cJ 
  $. 
  — 
  Integument 
  dull 
  black, 
  with 
  shiny 
  granules, 
  and 
  sparsely 
  set 
  with 
  short, 
  

   recumbent, 
  fulvous 
  setae. 
  

  

  Head 
  with 
  the 
  vertex 
  very 
  finely 
  and 
  transversely 
  aciculate 
  and 
  sparsely 
  set 
  with 
  

   minute 
  flattened 
  granules 
  ; 
  "the 
  forehead 
  broadly 
  tumid, 
  covered 
  with 
  larger 
  shiny 
  

   granules 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  shallow 
  median 
  longitudinal 
  impression. 
  Rostrum 
  almost 
  straight 
  

   in 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  and 
  then 
  strongly 
  curved, 
  rather 
  thicker 
  dorso-ventrally 
  in 
  the 
  $, 
  but 
  

   otherwise 
  similar 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  sexes, 
  with 
  coarse 
  reticulate 
  pun 
  station, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  

   apical 
  area, 
  which 
  is 
  shining 
  and 
  finely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  the 
  dorsum 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  ill-defined 
  

   median 
  carina, 
  without 
  definite 
  lateral 
  carinae, 
  and 
  not 
  narrowed 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  ; 
  a 
  deep 
  longitudinal 
  furrow 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  scrobe. 
  Antennae 
  red-brown 
  ; 
  

   the 
  funicle 
  with' 
  joint 
  2 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  1, 
  the 
  remainder 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  ; 
  

   the 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  club 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  remainder. 
  Prothorax 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  than 
  

   long, 
  strongly 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  broadest 
  slightly 
  before 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   dorsal 
  margin 
  distinctly 
  arcuate 
  ; 
  the 
  whole 
  surface 
  deeply 
  and 
  rugosely 
  punctate, 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  spaces 
  between 
  the 
  punctures 
  bearing 
  a 
  shiny 
  granule, 
  the 
  granules 
  being 
  

   more 
  numerous 
  along 
  the 
  front 
  margin, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  disk 
  two 
  low, 
  granular 
  

   tubercles, 
  between 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  often 
  an 
  abbreviated, 
  flat, 
  smooth 
  line 
  ; 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  dorsum 
  a 
  curved 
  stripe, 
  formed 
  of 
  fulvous 
  setae, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  

   to 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  length. 
  Elytra 
  oblong-ovate, 
  narrowed 
  and 
  shall 
  owly 
  

   constricted 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  thence 
  nearly 
  parallel-sided 
  to 
  far 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  

   basal 
  angles 
  slightly 
  projecting 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  moderately 
  deep, 
  in 
  quite 
  regular 
  

   rows 
  and 
  each 
  containing 
  a 
  recumbent 
  fulvous 
  seta 
  ; 
  interval 
  1 
  with 
  an 
  intermittent 
  

   row 
  of 
  minute 
  granules, 
  and 
  with 
  rather 
  numerous 
  fulvous 
  setae 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  half 
  ; 
  

   interval 
  2 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  larger 
  shinj' 
  granules 
  (often 
  irregularly 
  duplicated) 
  beginning 
  

   at 
  one-fourth 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  ending 
  not 
  far 
  behind 
  the 
  middle, 
  this 
  portion 
  often 
  

   slightly 
  elevated 
  and 
  sometimes 
  broadly 
  interrupted 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  interval 
  3 
  with 
  

   a 
  very 
  large 
  elongate 
  basal 
  tubercle, 
  which 
  is 
  broadest 
  and 
  slightly 
  projecting 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  and 
  tapers 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  behind, 
  being 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  shiny 
  granules 
  ; 
  at 
  or 
  

   behind 
  the 
  middle 
  on 
  interval 
  3 
  an 
  elongate 
  aggregation 
  of 
  granules, 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  declivity 
  a 
  larger 
  granular 
  tubercle, 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  rounded 
  or 
  elongate 
  one 
  on 
  

   the 
  declivity 
  ; 
  interval 
  4 
  with 
  two 
  groups 
  of 
  granules 
  similar 
  to 
  and 
  in 
  about 
  the 
  

   same 
  position 
  as 
  those 
  on 
  interval 
  2 
  ; 
  interval 
  5 
  with 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  granules 
  near 
  the 
  

   base, 
  another 
  at 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  a 
  low, 
  granular 
  tubercle 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  declivity 
  ; 
  

   intervals 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  with 
  scattered 
  smaller 
  granules, 
  and 
  the 
  lateral 
  intervals 
  with 
  rows 
  

   of 
  sparse, 
  shiny 
  dots 
  representing 
  obsolescent 
  granules. 
  Legs 
  coarsely 
  granulate, 
  

   with 
  sparse, 
  small, 
  pale, 
  recumbent 
  setae 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  red-brown. 
  

  

  Length, 
  5-6-25 
  mm. 
  ; 
  breadth, 
  1-75-2-5 
  mm. 
  

  

  New 
  South 
  Wales 
  : 
  Nimbin, 
  iv.1921 
  (type), 
  and 
  Dunoon, 
  near 
  Lismore, 
  iv.1921 
  

   (Pemberton). 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  17 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Syagrius 
  squamipes, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (Plate 
  vi, 
  fig. 
  2). 
  

  

  6*- 
  — 
  Integument 
  dull 
  black, 
  without 
  scaling, 
  but 
  with 
  numerous 
  short, 
  stout, 
  

   recumbent, 
  fulvous 
  setae 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  whitish 
  squamiform 
  setae 
  at 
  the 
  

   basal 
  junction 
  of 
  intervals 
  7 
  and 
  9, 
  and 
  an 
  indefinite 
  stripe 
  of 
  similar 
  pale 
  setae 
  

   running 
  from 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  tubercle 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  declivity 
  on 
  interval 
  3 
  

   obliquely 
  forwards 
  to 
  the 
  suture, 
  forming 
  with 
  its 
  fellow 
  a 
  faint 
  chevron-shaped 
  

   marking. 
  

  

  Head 
  with 
  fairly 
  large, 
  very 
  shallow 
  punctures 
  throughout, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   vertex, 
  which 
  is 
  transversely 
  striolate 
  ; 
  the 
  forehead 
  without 
  prominences, 
  but 
  

   stronglj 
  7 
  convex 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  longitudinal 
  median 
  fovea. 
  Rostrum 
  fairly 
  strongly 
  

   curved 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  shallow 
  basal 
  constriction 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  eye 
  ; 
  the 
  

   dorsal 
  area 
  with 
  irregular 
  subconfluent 
  setigerous 
  punctures 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  antennae, 
  

  

  