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REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^ 



BELONGING TO THE SUBFAMILY 



CR YPTORHYNGHIDES. 



Part IX. 



By Arthur M. Lea. 



This part deals with Chcetectetorus and some of the allied 

 genera; but as there are too many of these for inclusion in one 

 paper, some of the genera, and the table dealing with the whole 

 of them, have been withheld for the present. 



T i t u a c i a Pascoe. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p.476. 



Head feebly convex, not concealed by prothorax; ocular fovea 

 concealed. Eyes not very small, coarsely faceted, distant. 

 Rostrum rather long, not very thin, arcuate throughout. Antennae 

 slender; scape inserted nearer apex than base of rostrum; funicle 

 the length of scape, two basal joints elongate; club thin, elliptic. 

 Prothorax transverse, convex, apex produced and more than half 

 the width of base. Scutellum small, not very distinct. Elytra 

 broad, cordate, convex, sides strongly arcuate towards apex, apex 

 narrow and feebly emarginate. Pectoral canal wide and moder- 

 ately deep, terminated behind middle coxae. Mesosternal receptacle 

 raised, U-shaped, sides thin; open. Metastemum very short, 

 episterna moderately long. Abdomen large, sutures distinct; two 

 basal segments large, 1st feebly incurved to middle at apex, 

 intercoxal process wide, almost truncate; intermediates combined 

 the length of apical and slightly shorter than 2nd. Legs moder- 

 atel} r long; femora feebly grooved, edentate, posterior terminated 

 before apex of abdomen; tibiae compressed, curved only at base; 

 tarsi short, 3rd joint wide, deeply bilobed, claw-joint elongate and 

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