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REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURCULIONID.E, IX., 



rather long and thin, feebly curved. Antennce slender; insertion 

 of scape variable; two basal joints of funicle elongate; club 

 elliptic or elliptic-ovate. Prothorax transverse, sides more or 

 less flattened, apex produced and much narrower than base, ocular 

 lobes slightly produced. Scutellnm more or less rounded, distinct. 

 Elytra wider than and elevated in parts above prothorax, base 

 trisinuate, shoulders prominent, sides more or less parallel, apex 

 rounded. Pectoral canal rather narrow, equally deep throughout, 

 bounded behind by metasternum and slightly encroached upon by 

 anterior coxa?. Mesosternal receptacle absent.* Metasternum 

 shorter than basal segment of abdomen, semicircularly emarginate 

 between coxae; episterna large and gradually increasing pos- 

 teriorly. Abdomen large, sutures distinct, basal segment longer 

 but scarcely larger than 2nd, intercoxal process rounded, apex 

 incurved to middle; 3rd and 4th combined longer than 5th, but 

 considerably shorter than 2nd. Legs rather short; femora stout, 

 strongly dentate, not grooved, posterior terminating before apex 

 of abdomen; tibiae slightly compressed, rather strongly arcuate at 

 base, more or less angular; tarsi shorter than tibiae, 3rd joint 

 wide, deeply bilobed, 4th elongate, squamose and setose; claws 

 not widely separated. Suboblong or elliptic, squamose, fasciculate, 



winged. 



The genus in Australia appears to be confined to North 

 Queensland. The entire absence of the mesosternal receptacle 

 renders it the most distinct of any of the genera allied to 

 C hcetectetorus; its nearest ally is perhaps Chimades. 



I have five species under examination, but on account of 

 paucity of specimens cannot scrape off the scales to see the punc- 

 tures and the colour of the derm. The colour, judging from the 

 exposed portions, appears to be of a reddish-brown; the punctures 

 appear to be coarse on the prothorax and elytra and fine on the 

 under surface. 



* The mesosternum is excavated between the intermediate coxce so that 

 these are free internally, whilst the canal actually mpinges on the 

 metasternum. 



