702 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^E, IX., 



feebly setose. Short, broad, convex, subovate, squamose, apterous. 

 The very short metasternum (the mesosternal receptacle appear- 

 ing actually to impinge on the abdomen till the scales have been 

 removed), wide intercoxal process of abdomen and absence of 

 wings render this genus one of the most aberrant of the allies of 

 Chcetectetorus. Mr. Pascoe regarded it as a "modification" of 

 Tychreus, but I cannot see that they are at all closely allied. 



Tituacia ostracion Pasc.; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5 5 24. 



Piceous-brown, antennae and claw-joints red. Densely clothed 

 with coarse muddy-grey and brown scales; rostrum glabrous 

 except at base. Prothorax with a distinct fasciculate patch of 

 brown scales on each side of base and apex separated by a rather 

 feeble median line. Elytra fasciculate on tubercles. Under 

 surface and legs with coarse greyish scales. 



Rostrum slightly longer than prothorax, sides scarcely visibly 

 incurved to middle; densely and moderately strongly punctate. 

 Funicle with 1st joint not twice the length of 2nd; club almost 

 the length of five preceding joints. Prothorax transverse, sides 

 rounded, increasing to near base, densely and strongly punctate, 

 punctures concealed. Elytra cordate, considerably wider than 

 and about twice the length of prothorax, widest about the middle- 

 sides regularly striate-punctate, disc very irregularly punctate; 

 with numerous small fasciculate tubercles, a very distinct tubercle 

 on each side at summit of posterior declivity. Under surface 

 finely punctate, punctures entirely concealed. Length 3|, rostrum 

 1 J; width 2 mm. 



Rob. — W.A.: King George's Sound. 



On the elytra there is a patch of whitish scales about the middle, 

 but on the two specimens under examination it is very feebly 

 defined 



Phlceoglymma Pascoe. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p.483. 



Head not concealed by prothorax; ocular fovea large and round 

 but rather shallow. Eyes round, very finely faceted, distant. 



