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thorax, parallel-sided to beyond the middle, with regular 

 rows of rather large, but partially-concealed punctures, in 

 feeble striae; interstices scarcely separately convex, with 

 minute concealed punctures. Femora scarcely visibly dentate. 

 Length, 4J-5 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Curmamulla (H. Hardcastle). 



The rostrum is strongly at variance with that of others 

 of the genus. The scrobes are very short and sub terminal, 

 but immediately behind the insertion of each antenna is a 

 feeble groove bounded inwardly by a carina; the two of these 

 are rather closer throughout their length than usual, and the 

 space between them is gently concave. The eyes are also less 

 prominent than usual. The elytral setae are decidedly longer 

 than in any other described species in which the base of the 

 prothorax is much wider than the apex, except mirabilis ; but 

 in that species the rostrum is of very different shape; the 

 eyes very prominent, etc. ; castor, in which the elytral setae 

 are fairly long, for the section, has also very prominent eyes, 

 and rostrum of different shape. 



The teeth of the femora are normally concealed in fresh 

 specimens. The seven specimens under examination appear 

 to present no distinct sexual features. 



Timareta pilipes, Pasc, d ( Bysostin es ) . 

 (B . pustulosus, Pasc, 9 •) 



Two female specimens (one marked as a co-type) were 

 sent to me for examination by the British Museum, as D. 

 pustulosus. and they agree well with the description. The 

 fine clothing on the prothorax is remarkable, each scale 

 appears to be closely pressed to the derm, and to be in the 

 form of a minute O or U ; similar scales clothe the rest of 

 the body and legs, but are mixed to a certain extent with 

 ordinary ones. The pale and dark scales are alike, but the 

 white ones are more conspicuous. 



The Museum also sent four male specimens without name 

 labels; they agree with the description of B. pilipes, and 

 the remarkable hind tibiae are as figured by Pascoe for that 

 species, but one specimen is smaller (2 lines, including the 

 rostrum), whilst the others are larger (3-3 \ lines) than the 

 type (2 J lines). These specimens I believe to be pilipes, and 

 that the form described as pustidosus is the female. The 

 finer clothing is exactly as in the co-type of pustulosus, and 

 is different from that of any other weevil known to me. 



All the Museum specimens are from Albany (King George 

 Sound). 



The male differs from the female in being narrower, hind 

 tibiae very different at apex, front tibiae inflated towards (but 



