68 The Rev. F. W. Hope on Amycterus Scliu)iherri. 



low depression, which is filled with a short ochreous pubescence. 

 Scutelhim rather large, semiovate, pitchy black, obscurely punc- 

 tured, and having an indistinct longitudinal elevated line. Ely- 

 tra pale pitchy brown, inclining to a chestnut colour towards 

 the base and at the suture, finely punctured throughout, and 

 furnished with three obsolete raised striae on each side ; the 

 elytra are elongate, and nearly parallel, slightly attenuated pos- 

 teriorly ; each elytron is furnished with a minute spine at its 

 apex. Legs moderate, femora and tibia; rugose, and thickly 

 armed with small spines. Tarsi broad and flat, and of a brown 

 colour. Antennce with the eight terminal joints pitchy browTi, 

 the third, fourth and fifth joints are each furnished with a minute 

 spine at the apex ; the basal joint is coarsely punctured. 

 I have named this fine species in honour of the Rev. F. W. Hope, 

 in testimony of his kindness in allowing me the free use of his most 

 extensive and valuable collection. 



Note. — In the drawing, the head is represented as bent forwards, 

 consequently some additional length must be allowed for the fore- 

 shortening of the mandibles. 



XV. Description of a neiv Cnrculionideous Beetle from the 

 Siuan River. By the Rev. F. W. Hope, F.R.S. S^c, 

 President. 



[Read May 5, 1834.] 



Fam. CURCULIONID^. 



Genus. Amycterus, Schonherr. 



Species. Amyct. Schonherri. 



Plate VIII. fig. 2. 



Niger ; rostro brevissimo, lateribus medioque thoracis seriatim no- 

 dulosis, elytris spinosissimis. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 14. lat. 5. 

 In Mus. Dom. Hope. 



Habitat in Nova Hollandia, apud Swan River. 

 Totum corpus nigrum. 



Rostrum breve et crassum ; suprk infequale canaliculatum ; apice 

 emarginatum. Thorax suborbiculatus, lateribus ferfe in spinam 



