28Q Mr. Curtis^s Descriptions of some rare 



Fam. CuRcuLioNiD^. 



Genus 355. Balaninus. 

 12. scutellaris. 



This appears to be only a var. of the female of B. Brassicce, Fab. 

 with a white scutellum. 



Genus 356. Anthonomus. 

 6^. brunnipennis. Ochreous-brown, glossy, with short ochreous pubescence : 

 rostrum ferruginous, piceous at the base, faintly striated ; antennae fus- 

 cous, apex of basal joint ochreous : thorax thickly and coarsely punc- 

 tured : elytra paler, strongly punctate-striate : thighs ochreous at the 

 base, with a minute tooth beneath : 1 line long, including the rostrum. 

 I swept four specimens of this new species off heath the 1 6th of 

 Aug. ascending the Fairie-hills in the Isle of Arran. 



Genus 361. Pissodes ? 

 4. pygmceus. Deep shining black, sparingly clothed with minute white 



scaly hairs : club of antennae hoary ; thorax with variolose punctures ; 



elytra firmly striated, a little variegated with white scales towards the 



apex : legs and underside most thickly clothed with them : length | of 



a line. 

 I have entirely forgotten where I found the 3 specimens of this 

 very distinct little insect which are in my cabinet. At first sight 

 they look very like Molytes, but I have little doubt of their belong- 

 ing to the genus Pissodes. 



Genus 362. Hypera. 

 23. fumipes. Black, variegated with cinereous and cupreous scales : an- 

 tennae ferruginous, club piceous, funiculus 6-jointed : thorax with a 

 stripe of scales on each side : elytra slightly bristly towards the apex, 

 tessellated with black, especially down the suture and towards the ex- 

 tremity ; legs ferruginous, sometimes inclining to fuscous, especially the 

 thighs : length I4- line, including the rostrum. 



I possessed only a single specimen when I gave the name of fu- 

 mipes to this species, which was taken I believe by Mr. Babington 

 near Cambridge. I have subsequently received others from Mr. Wal- 

 ton, which have ochreous and ferruginous legs, depending upon their 

 age. The 6-jointed funiculus readily distinguishes this small spe- 

 cies from the rest of the Hypera. 



Genus 376. Polydrusus. 

 6. sericem. 



I detected a female under a stone, on the banks of the Thames 



near Gravesend the 1st of June 1839, and Mr. Walton subsequently. 



found many more specimens. 



