Genus 198. — PARAMECOPS. 255 



Oculi maximi, laterales, oblong!, perpendiculariter positi, mo- 

 dice prominuli. 



Thorax oblongus, basi bi-sinuatus, anterius paulo angustior , 

 longe intra apicem coarctatus, antice in medio paulo productus, 

 infra pone gulam late et profunde emarginatus. 



Scutellum mediocre, apice rotundatum. 



Elytra oblongo-ovata, antice singulalini rotundata, humeris 

 obtuse angulatis ; supra convexa , versus apicem callosa , apice ipso 

 singulatim acuminata, 



Femora clavata, subtus dentata ; tibias apice intus unco minuto 

 arniatai. 



Observ. — Corpus oblongo-ovatum , convexum , tomentosum , 

 durum, alatum. 



* I. P. Farinosus. 



Oblongus, niger, tomento cinereo vel brunneo vestitus, thorace ob- 

 longo, tubercnlato-rugoso , eljtris profunde, siib-remote punctato- 

 striatis, pone medium fascicu laus , apice obsolete singulatim. acu- 

 minatis. — Ghl. 



Curculio id. Wiedem. in Germ. Mag. IV. p. iSy. n" 66. 



Rhynchcenus Pacca. Fabr. Syst. El. II. p. ^j'i. ,n° 170. (Secun- 

 duni specimeu originale e Mus. D. Toend. Lvad. , sed descriptioni 

 Gel. Fabricii non exacte conveniens est.) 



Patria : Bengalia. 



Genus 199. — PISSODES. 



Pissodes Germ. , Scuii., Latr. , SrEPfr. (i), Dejean , Stev. , Sturm. 

 — Rhynchcenus Fabr., Gyllenh. , et auct. plur. — Curculio 



LiNN. 



Character generis. — Antennae mediocres , validiusculaj, pone me- 

 dium rostri insertae; funiculo 7-articulato : articulis duobus basa- 

 libus ob-conicis, primo paulo longiore; reliquis brevioribus, sub- 

 turbinatis, successive latioribus; clava ovata, acuminata. 



Rostrum elongatum, subtenue, arcuatum, teres. 



Oculi sub-ovati, parum prominuli. 



Thorax basi bi-sinuatus, anterius multo angustior, apice trun- 

 catus. 



Scutellum rotundatum , elevatum, distinctum. 



(1) Genn. Ins. Spcc. 1. p. 3i6. T. 2. f. 7. a.-h. — Schh. Cure. Disp. Meth. p. 7.a5. 

 »' »27. — Lalr. Uejjue Aiiim. p. 3y4. — Siepli. Brit. Em. IV. p. 87. 11" io('>. 



