428 Mr.F. P. Pascoe on some new Genera of Curculionide. 
laterales. Antenne ante medium rostri insertee ; scapo brevi; funicuo 
7-articulato, art. duobus basalibus longiusculis, ceteris brevibus ; clava 
ovata. _ Prothorax transversus, antice angustatus, productus, lateribus 
rotundatus, basi bisinuatus et scutellum versus valde productus, canalis 
pectoralis inter pedes intermedios protensus. Elytra late ovata, de- 
pressa, lateribus apiceque rotundatis. Pedes breves, intermedii paulo 
minores ; femoribus validis, compressis, haud clavatis, dente subtus 
armatis ; ibis arcuatis, compressis, calcaratis; tarsis sequalibus, ar- 
ticulo tertio dilatato, bilobo, ultimo modice elongato, Abdomen seg- 
mento secundo quam tertio majore. Processus interfemoralis nonnihil 
angustatus, apice subangulatus. Corpus depressum. 
A broad, depressed Cryptorhynchus-form with small lateral eyes ; 
antenne with an unusually short scape, inserted towards the base 
of the rostrum, the tibie curved and compressed, and the second 
abdominal segment larger than either of the succeeding segments. 
Semio ricinoides, (Pl. XVII. fig. 21.) 
S. late ovata, depressa, nigra, squamis variis dense tecta; rostro nigro, 
nitido, vage punctato; antennis ferrugineis, nitidis; capite protho- 
raceque fusco-griseis, hoc lateribus nigro notatis; scutello parvo, ro- 
tundato, glabro; elytris seriatim subsulcatis, dorso albo, regione scu- 
tellari et maculis irregularibus, extus et pone medium, nigris, ceeteris 
fusco-griseis; corpore infra nigro, subnitido, punctato; pedibus squamis 
fusco-griseis tectis; femoribus basi nigris, glabris. Long. 4 lin. 
Hab, Brazil. 
EKerivs. 
Caput parvum, rotundatum. Rostrum tenue, curvatum, basi paulo an- 
gustius ; scrobe laterali, recta, oculum vix tingente. Oculi laterales, 
rotundati, antice distantes. Antenne medians ; scapo gradatim incras- 
sato, apice acuminato-producto, oculum vix attingente; funiculo 7-ar- 
culato, art. basali obconico, secundo multo longiore, ceteris sensim 
brevioribus; clava elongato-elliptica. Prothorax conicus, compressus, 
dorso elevato, basi bisinuatus et elevatus, scutellum versus productus ; 
canalis pectoralis inter pedes posticos protensus. Scutellum nullum. 
Elytra inzequalia, brevia, prothoracis basi multo latiora, abdomine 
breviora, apicibus obtuse rotundatis. Pedes breviusculi, validi; femo- 
ribus dentatis; tébris brevibus, muticis; tarsis articulo penultimo 
bilobo ; wnguiculis divisis. Abdomen subverticale, segmento basali 
secundo duplo majore. Processus interfemoralis angustus. 
Allied to Ceutorhynchus, but with a well-marked pectoral canal, 
and (inter alia) with the margins of the prothorax and elytra at 
their junction forming a prominent ridge. 
Egrius camelus. - (Pl. XVII. fig. 9.) 
E. rhombicus, niger, dense squamosus; capite niveo-squamoso, inter 
