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short, and the fifch, sixth, and seventh scarcely longer than the 

 second), its extremely long, convex and arcuate rostrum (at least for 

 the Bra chy derides) — with its nearly apical and excessively ohlique 

 scrobs, and its small, sunken and oblique eyes (which are placed 

 altogether below the upper surface of the forehead) — in conjunction 

 with its narrow, fusiform body, deeply sculptured, costate surface, 

 apically cleft elytra, and comparatively undilated third tarsal-joint, 

 it presents a combination of features essentially its own. 



When viewed laterally, its small, oblique, subreniform, deeply 

 immersed eye, situated so much lower than the frontal (or rather 

 nasal) projection above it, added to the remarkable curvatiu-e of its 

 long and blunt rostrum — which is bent downwards at the extreme 

 apex, comparatively straight along the middle, and suddenly humped 

 or roimded at the base, just before its junction with the forehead (a 

 stnicture, however, which is caused mainly by a transverse constric- 

 tion across the forehead itself) — have a most comical effect — pre- 

 senting a quaint analogy (in likeness) with the American Tapir 

 {Tapirus terrestris)^ from which I have consequently borrowed its 

 specific name, 



SfenotJierium Tapirus, n. sp. (Plate XI. fig. 4.) 



iS". subfiisiforme, angustum, squamulis fulvo-brunneis et albido-brunneis 

 densissime vaiiegatum ; rostro creberrime pimctato et punctis maximis 

 remotioribus longitudinaliter impresso canaliciila lata dorsali (utriuque 

 costata) notato ; protliorace valde inaequali, irregulariter punctato, per 

 dorsum profimde necnon versus utrumque latus minus distincte longi- 

 tudinaliter sulcato ; elytris punctato-striatis, sutura interstitiisque al- 

 ternis valde elevatis ; antennis nigrescentibus, ad basin nifescentioribus. 



Long. Corp. lin. 3. 



I could detect but a single example of this anomalous Curculio 

 amongst Mr. Bewicke's insects ; it is probably, therefore, rare. 



Fam. CkrysomelidaB. 



Genus Chrysomela. 



Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. edit. 1 (1735). 



Chrysomela nodulipennis, n. sp. 



C ovalis, ochreo-castanea, subnitida ; capita minute punctato, autice 

 insequali impresso ; protliorace valde ineequali, convexo, ad latera 

 rotimdato anguste marginato, dorso leviter canaliculate necnon inter 

 dorsimi et utnunque latus siilco profundo flexuoso lato (fortiter punc- 

 tato) utrinque impresso, in disco et versus latera necnon per lineam 

 basalem impressam fortiter et paix-e punctato ; elytris protliorace paulo 



