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Amycterides.
CURCULIONIDiE. 307
Dialeptopus, g. n, Pascoe, Tr. E. Soc. 1870, p. 450. Prothorax deeply
longitudinally excavated, crested on each side, with its apex projected considerably
over the head; elytra tuberculate, with strongly produced spiniform
shoulders. Sp. D. collaris (Boh, Schon.; Amycterus) ; D. sepidioides, sp.n,
Pasc. ibid, pi vii. f. 4, W. Australia; D.ferreus and macilentus, S. Australia,
and D. monachus, N. S. Wales, spp. nn, Pasc. I. c. p. 451.
Melanegis, g. n, Pascoe, I. c. p. 452. Allied to Euomus, but with the elytra
flattened above, and the tarsi narrow and tomentose beneath. Sp. M.
stygius, sp. n, Pasc. ibid. pi. vii. f. 6, K. George's Sound.
Tetralophus incanus and T. elevatus, Victoria; T. excursus, S. Australia
spp. nn, Pasc. 1. c. p. 453.
Amorphorhinus polyaeanthus, sp. n, Pasc. 1. c. p. 454, W. Australia.
Rhyparosomides.
Zephryne, g. n, Pascoe, P. L. S. x. p. 471. Allied to Dichotrachelus, but
possessing a scutellum, and with a very large second abd. segment. Sp.
Z. sordida, sp.«n, Pascoe, I. c. p. 472, pi. xix. f. 12, Australia.
Dysostines, g. n, Pascoe, I. c. p. 472. Near Byrsopages through its rounded
eyes; near Erepsimus by its scape impinging on the prothorax; and to a
certain extent agreeing with Eupages in the form of its head and rostrum ;
but standing alone by the separation of its ant. coxae. Sp.: D. valgus, sp. n,
Pasc. 1. e. p. 473, pi. xix. f. 1, Queensland ; D. hoplostethus and fuligineus,
spp. nn, Pasc, Tr. E. Soc. 1870, p. 455, D.pustulosus rndpilipes, spp. nn, Pasc.
ibid. p. 456, K. George's Sound.
Cylindrorhinides.
Peripagis, g. n, Pascoe, Tr. E. Soc. 1870, p. 187. Allied to Perperus and
Pantopeeus, but with well-marked scrobes extending to the eyes, and the
base of elytra broader than prothorax. Sp. P. rufipes, sp. n, Pasc. 1. c. p. 188,
pi. v. f. 10 a, Australia.
Molytides.
Psaldus, g. n, Pascoe, ibid. Resembles Liosomus, but with lateral scrobes
terminating in front of each eye, and with a well-marked groove beneath
and parallel with the scrobe, of which it joins the basal portion. Sp. P.
liosomoides, sp. n, Pasc. I. c. p. 189, K. George's Sound.
Opsittis, g. n, Pascoe, p. 456. Near Plinthus, Germ, but with the
scrobes oblique and terminating below and away from the eyes. Sp. O.
atomaria, sp. n, Pasc. I. c. p. 457, K. George's Sound.
Anchonus favosus and A. amplicollis, spp. nn, Kirsch, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 372,
Bogota.
Gonipterides.
Acroteriasus, Roelofs, = Syarbis, Pasc.: Roelofs, Ann. E. Belg. xiii. c.-r.
p. xxxiii.
PASCOE (P. L. S. x.) characterizes the following new genera and species :—
Pantoreites (Schonh. MS.), p. 462 (no comparative characters given).
Sp. P. virgatus, p. 463, pi xviii. f.4, S. Australia; P. scenieus, ibid, N. S.
Wales.