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Philippines : all of them were till then unknown to European 

 naturalists. For the classification of these insects, M. Germar 

 first estaljlished the genus Pachi/rhijnchus, formed of the Greek 

 word TToxoc, thick, and pvyx^c, a beak or bill, from the thick 

 elongation of the head, as distinct in character from that of 

 the European Otiorhjnchus. The new name was first given 

 to a single species which was at that time commonly re- 

 ceived from Manilla, being the only species then known. 

 MM. Eydoux and Souleyet met with and described another 

 species from the same place in 1839. But these were nothing 

 to the wonderful collection of this glittering Curculian group 

 brought to Europe by Mr. Cuming in 1840, which astonished 

 the entomological world with their novelty and splendour. 

 From among those purchased of Mr. Cuming by the trustees 

 of the British Museum we have given three in our plate, 

 namely, P. yemmatus (Fig. 4), P. speciosiis (Fig. 5), and 

 P. reticxdatus (Fig. 6). P. gemmatus is by far the largest and 

 most splendid ; and, although sufficiently splendid to the un- 

 assisted eye, it is only in the microscope that all the mag- 

 nificence of its details can be fully observed and appreciated ; 

 for its splendours are of that minute character which cannot 

 be exhibited in a drawing unless greatly magnified, and even 

 then the glitter of the metallic effects could not be pourtrayed. 

 The ground colour is a rich crimson maroon, with a golden 

 gloss in the high lights. But the large spots, which have the 

 appearance of being inlaid with a variety of gems, form the 

 chief feature. In the centre of each of these gemmed circlets 

 the inlaid colours appear to be composed of minute triangles 

 of turquoise and emeralds, with granules of silver between, 

 Avhile towards the margin the emerald disappears, and tiie 

 mixture is blue and yellow, with a larger admixture of the 

 grannies of silver, the whole surface being so brilliantly 

 polished that each minute gem is distinctly seen. The pretty 

 P. speciosus and P. retlcnlatns (Figs. 5 and 0) are also beautiful 

 insects, from the excessive clearness of their markings and the 

 high polish of their entire surface. 



The native species, Carahns intrkatus (Fig. 8), which has 

 received its specific name from the intricacy of the tubercaila- 



