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COLEOPTERA. 



HIPPORHINUS VERRUCOSUS. 



Plate 4. fio-. 4. 



Division. Entimides, Schonherr. 



Genus. Hippoiuiinus, Schonh. Hipporhis, Bilberg. Curculio p. Auct. 



Ch. Sp. H. elongato-ovatus, niger, aeneo-micans,thoraceconfertim tuberculato, elytris seriato- 



tuberculatis apice singulatim verruca crassa auctis. Long. Corp. lin. 9. 



H. elongate-ovate, of a black colour, sliglitly tinged with brass, thorax closely 



tubercled, elytra with three rows of elevated warts on each, with intermediate 



double rows of punctures, and a large tubercle at the tip of each. Length | inch. 



Syn. Curculio verrucosus, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. U.p.618. Fabricius Syst. Eleuth. 2. 534. 



Schonh. Syn. his. Curcul. \.p. 481. Drury Illustr. l.pt. 32./. 5. 



Donovan correctly referred this insect to the Curculio verrucosus, but incorrectly gave 

 it as an inhabitant of China. This species, as well as the numerous insects of which the 

 genus Hipporhinus is composed, are inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope or New 

 Holland. 



Division. 

 Genus. 

 Cii. Sp. 



Var. 



Syn. 



HYPOMECES SQUAMOSUS. 



Plate 4. fig. 5. magn. nat. 

 Plate 5. idem magn. auct. 

 Plate 4. fig. 6. idem, var. /j. 



Braciiyderides, Schonherr. 

 Hypomeces, Sch. Curculio p. Auct. 



H. oblongus, niger, squamulis viridi-aureis undique tectus, thorace supra fere piano, 



ruguloso, longitudinaliter canaliculato elytris subtiliter punctato striatis. Long. 



Corp. lin. 7. 

 H. oblong black, entirely covered with golden green scales, thorax nearly flat above, 



and rugose with a longitudinal canal, elytra slightly punctate-striate. Length 



7 hues. 



Corpore squamulis cinerascentibus undique tecto. 



scales. 



Entirely clothed with grey 



Curculio squamosus, Fabricius Ent. Syst. \. p. 2. 452. Syst. Eleuth. 2. 510. 

 Oliv. Ent. 5. p. .119. t. 5./. 48. a. b. Schonherr Syn. Ins. Curcul. 2. p. 71. 



Var. /3. Schonherr loc cit. Curculio pulverulentus, Fabricius Syst. Eleuth. 2. 510. Do- 

 novan, \st. edit. 

 Curculio orientalis, Oliv. Ent. v. p. 321. t. 6./. 66 ? 



A small, but superb species, being totally covered with minute scales of an oblong 

 form, and resplendent green colour, interspersed with changeable sparks of gold and 



