Mr. Pascoe's descriptions of Curculionida?. 589 



Black, deusely covered with white scales, Avitli a slight tinge 

 o£ rose, especially beneath ; rostrum moderately robust, the sides 

 parallel, a well-marked ridge in the middle above, and a linear 

 impressed line ou each side in front of the eye; antenna3 slender, 

 joints of the funicle obconic ; ])rothorax transverse, distinctly 

 flattened on the disc; scutellum small, subcordiform; elytra short 

 and convex, with distinct punctures in scarcely impressed lines; 

 basal joint of the tarsi not transverse. 



lu form this species does not differ from the ordinary Kiij>Jioli, 

 except that the elytra is a little shorter and more convex. 



ElijtrurKS nisticus. 



E. subellipticus, fuscus, sparse griseo-squamulosus; rostro sat 

 elougato, late canaliculato ; elytris in medio latioribus, ad latera 

 postice serrulatis. Long. 8 lin. 



Ilab. Fiji. 



Subelliptic, dark brown, with small grey scattered scales; 

 head sparingly and finely punctured; rostrum rather long, some- 

 what deeply canaliculate, Avith a nearly obsolete line in the 

 middle; second joint of the funicle twice the length of the first; 

 prothorax punctured anteriorly, granulate behind ; scutellum 

 minute, triangular; elytra broadest at above the middle; appar- 

 ently striated, the interstices minutely granulate ; abdomen 

 glossy black, the fir.st two segments punctured ; legs normal, 

 femora more or less granulate. 



The nearest ally appears to be E. serndatus, C. Waterh., but, 

 iattr alia, the elytra are much more attenuated behind, the 

 rostrum longer and canaliculate. The apparent strias are due 

 to certain rows of punctures bearing each a greyish scale. 



Elijtrurus subvittatns. 



E. subellipticus, niger, sparse griseo-squamosus ; rostro in 

 medio carinato ; elytris ante medium latioribus, singulis vittis 

 duabus approximatis inconspicuis, ornatis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. Fiji. 



Subelliptic, shorter in proportion, dull black, with two incon- 

 spicuous greyish approximating stripes on each elytron ; rostrum 

 rather short, a raised line in tlie middle; prothorax finely granu- 

 late; scutellum very small, triangular; elytra broadest at above 



