1917.) lOl 



luiuute i-allipers, and the absence of a transverse bridge at the base of 

 the upper Up of the median lobe. 



I adopt the term " temo " for the prolongation at the base of the 

 median lobe. Pmbagous is highly exceptional in this respect, and the 

 term is not thei'e a good one ; but in other Bhyiichojjhora it is suitable, 

 it being understood that the processes in c^uestion are always paired. 



1. — Prohaijons heasleri, sp. n. 



Bagous temjjestivas var. lieashri, Newbery, Ent. Rec. xiv, 1902, 

 p. 149. 



This is a very distinct species, the third joint of the tarsus being 

 distinctly broader than the second, and the aedeagus having marked 

 peculiarities. 



There is a general resemblance to P. cnemerytlirus, but the thorax 

 is nearly straight at the sides behind the anterior constriction, and the 

 elytra are less parallel ; near the apex they are very suddenly narrowed, 

 but there is no nodular elevation. When alive the species is at once 

 recognisable by the very extensive and conspicuous pale fascia behind 

 the middle of the elytra ; but this nearly always disappears, the insect 

 becoming uniformly greasy and black. The tarsi are very long, the 

 third joint being about twice as long as broad, distinctly longer than 

 the second, though somewhat emarginate beneath, concealing the true 

 fourtli joint, so that this tarsus approaches more nearly to the normal 

 curculionideous foot than does that of any other Bagnvs. 



The aedeagus has a considerable general resemblance to that of 

 B. cnemerytlirus, but the apical portion is broader ; the basal callipers 

 are remarkably small, the bridge of the tegmen is absent; the superior 

 appendages are long and slender. 



This extremely interesting insect has occurred only in the New 

 Forest, where, however, it is very rare. Mr. ISTewbery informs me that 

 it is known to occur in France. 



'1. — Prolxnioiis rnenieryfhrKS Marsh. 



Curculio cnemerythnis Marsh. Ent. Brit. p. 268. — Bagous cnem- 

 erythrus Boh., in Schonh. Gen. Ciirc, viii, 2, p. 33. — Bagous. tevii-esti- 

 vus Bris., Ann. Soc. ent. Fr., 1863, p. 507; et Catt. britt. — Bagovs 

 dilatatus Thorns., Skand. Col. x, p. 342. 

 Var. ?, minor, angustior. 



