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



moderately large, interstices feebly convex, considerably wider 

 than punctures, in parts very feebly elevated. Under surface 

 with very dense small round and almost entirely concealed punc- 

 tures. Length 5^, rostrum 1£; width 3£; variation in length 

 3^-6 mm. 



Bab. — N.S.W.: Sydney (on Ricinocarpus pinifolius Desf.). 



Considerably wider and less convex than P. alternans, and like 

 it somewhat variable in the clothing. In several specimens the 

 pale scales on the upper surface are white and the dark patches 

 sooty; in others the paler scales are of a leaden-grey, the darker 

 patches on the prothorax and elytra being very feebly defined; in 

 a number of specimens the pale scales on the shoulders are semi- 

 circularly continued almost to the suture. In one specimen the 

 posterior femora are marked with a feeble dark ring. 



Metyrculus, n.g. 



Head rather large, ocular fovea feeble. Eyes large, round, 

 coarsely faceted, widely separated. Rostrum rather stout and 

 short, feebly curved. Scape stout, inserted almost in middle of 

 side of rostrum, considerably shorter than funicle; two basal 

 joints of funicle moderately long and stout; club elliptic-ovate,, 

 subcontinuous with funicle. Prothorax feebly transverse, apex 

 produced and overhanging head, base feebly bisinuate; ocular 

 lobes somewhat rounded and considerably in rear of apex. 

 Scutellum small. Elytra closely applied to and outline almost 

 continuous with that of prothorax. Pectoral canal rather deep 

 and wide, terminated between four front coxse. Mesosternal 

 receptacle scarcely raised, walls rather thick and briefly U-shaped r 

 emargination strongly transverse ; cavernous. Metasternum 

 shorter than basal segment of abdomen; episterna distinct. Basal 

 segment of abdomen the length of 2nd and 3rd combined, 3rd 

 and 4th combined the length of 2nd and considerably longer than 

 5th. Legs thin and rather long; femora edentate, distinctly 

 grooved, posterior extending to apical segment; tibiae slightly 

 compressed, curved at base; tarsi not very thin, 3rd joint rather 



