704 REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID^E, IX , 



faceted eyes, dentate and feebly grooved femora, short scape, etc.; 

 the only character which, in a highly artificial arrangement, could 

 possible separate them being that in P. dorsalis the rostrum is 

 rather wider than in P. alternans. 



Ocular fovea very distinct , dorsalis Pasc. 



Ocular fovea feeble. 



Rostrum at apex almost as wide as scape is long mixta Lea. 



Rostrum at apex much narrower alternans Pasc. 



Phlgeoglymma alternans Pascoe; Mast. Cat. Sp. No.5570. 



Reddish-piceous, antennae dull red. Moderately densely 

 clothed with suberect scales, denser on head, base of rostrum and 

 prothorax than elsewhere, scales varying in colour from white to 

 dark brown, but mostly ochreous. Prothorax with a small fascicle 

 on each side of apex, the median line and a stripe on each side 

 composed of smaller scales. Scutellum squamose. Elytra feebly 

 crested on 2nd, 4th and 6th interstices about the middle, and on 

 the 4th and 5th near base, the 3rd distinctly crested at base, the 

 crest composed of dark scales; towards apex with paler scales 

 than elsewhere; each puncture with a distinct grey scale. Under 

 surface more regularly clothed than upper, pectoral canal naked. 



Rather narrow and subcylindrical. Head flat between eyes, 

 ocular fovea almost concealed by scales. Rostrum thin, slightly 

 curved, considerably wider at base than at apex, a shallow groove 

 on each side of base; in ft moderately, in £ very finely punctate; 

 shorter in ft than in £. Scape about two-thirds the length of 

 funicle, inserted two-fifths from base of rostrum in Q, slightly 

 nearer the middle in ft; 1st joint of funicle almost twice the 

 length of 2nd. Prothorax subconical, in Q slightly longer than 

 wide, in ft feebly transverse; apex half the width of base; densely 

 punctate, punctures round and almost concealed. Elytra con- 

 siderably wider than and feebly raised above prothorax, sides 

 very feebly decreasing from base to near apex; striate-punctate, 

 punctures rather large and more or less rounded; interstices 

 convex, not much wider than punctures, feebly elevated beneath 

 crests. Under surface densely punctate, punctures round and 



