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Descriptions of Australian Curgulionid^, with 

 Notes on Previously Described Species. 



Part X. 



By Arthur M. Lea. 



[Read September 12, 1912.] 



Subfamily OTIORHYNCHIDES. 

 Hackeria viridivaria, Lea. 

 Mr. H. Elgner has recently taken this beautiful weevil 

 on Darnley Island, in Torres Straits. 



Subfamily LEPTOPSIDES. 

 Mandalotus foveatus, n. sp. 



d • Black ; antennae, tarsi, and trochanters more or less 

 red. Densely clothed in parts with muddy-grey scales, with 

 fairly numerous and evenly distributed suberect setae. 



Head with dense, concealed punctures. Rostrum acutely 

 carinate throughout. Antennae moderately long, first joint 

 of funicle distinctly longer than second. Prothorax about as 

 long as wide, sides almost evenly rounded, but base slightly 

 wider than apex ; with fairly large and round, somewhat 

 flattened granules, each with a setiferous puncture. Elytra 

 with moderately-rounded shoulders, sides parallel to beyond 

 the middle ; with regular rows of large, more or less con- 

 cealed punctures; alternate interstices feebly raised. Metct- 

 sternum and basal segment of abdomen with a large deep 

 fovea, common to both ; abdomen with granules at sides. 

 Legs rather long; front coxae moderately separated; femora 

 stout; tibiae with more or less distinct granules, the first 

 pair denticulate on their lower edge. Length (excluding 

 rostrum), 4-6 mm. 



9 • Differs in having the antennae shorter, prothorax 

 not quite as long as wide, elytra slightly wider than pro- 

 thorax instead of the exact width of same, metasternum and 

 abdomen not foveate, the latter with more distinct and evenly- 

 distributed granules, legs shorter and femora thinner. 



Hab.—New South Wales: Guyra (H. J. Carter). 



All the (seven) specimens before me appear to be 

 abraded, so that the prothoracic granules are conspicuous. 

 Should this character, however, be natural the species in my 

 table would be associated with seticollis and reticulatus: 



