BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 589 



prothorax without oculai* lobes, rounded at the base; elytra oblong, 

 much wider than the prothorax ; femora unarmed ; tibise fiexuous, 

 feebly mucronate at the apex ; tarsi elongate (quite § of the length 

 of their tibise), joints 1-3 gradually wider, 3rd wide and strongly 

 bilobed, 4th elongate, claws rather large, divergent ; intermediate 

 coxfe approximate ; intermediate ventral segments produced hind- 

 ward at the sides ; presternum very short in front of front coxee ; 

 body setulose. This insect differs from the species mentioned as 

 follows ; the rostrum is not subulate ; the ventral segments ai^e 

 difterently proportioned, the 1st and 2nd together being scarcely 

 so long as the apical three together, the 2nd being shorter than 

 the 5th (which is exceptionally long) and also than the 3rd and 

 4th together ; the hind coxae are not quite so v.'idely separated ; 

 and the rostrum is markedly longer. 



In Mr. Pascoe's tabulation of Erirhinid genera the comparative 

 shortness of its 2nd ventral segment would suggest a doubt 

 whether this species ought to fall beside Storeus (in which case its 

 prosternum not at all sulcate would distinguish it) or with the 

 following group of "Storeides" {Hedyopis, &c.). Among these 

 genera the tabulation would assign it to Olancea without any 

 doubt. From the genera of " Storeides" described since the pub- 

 lication of Mr. Pascoe's tabulation the present insect may be at 

 once distinguished by the combination of unarmed femora, antenna 

 inserted not near the base of the rostrum, and approximate inter- 

 mediate coxse, [One of these last, Phceodica, seems to be scarcely 

 distinct from Olancea, however. Judged by Mi-. Pascoe's descrip- 

 tion it only differs in having obsolete ocular lobes in place of none, 

 the intermediate coxse a little less approximate, and the upper 

 surface scaly but not setose.] 



OLANiEA MACULATA, Sp.nov, 



Oblonga ; ferruginea ; subtus squamis albis vestita ; supra fer- 

 rugineo-squamosa, inter squamas ferrugineas nonnullis albis 

 (his in prothorace 3-vittatim, in elytris basi 5-vittatim et latera 

 versus magis disperse dispositis) et nigro-f uscis (his in elytro- 

 rum singulorum disco vittas 2 breves formantibus) intermixtis ; 



