86 Mr. David Sharp on the 



fourth quite short, together not so long as the second. Anterior 

 tibicB a little enlarged at the apex both internally and externally ; 

 hind tibiae broad at the tip, with a large external space bordered 

 both internally and externally by very short thick spines ; third 

 joint of tarsus normally lobed and densely pubescent beneath. 

 Claws moderate, free. 



This genus is a most anomalous one, and in the 

 present condition of the classification of the CurcuUonida}, 

 its position must remain an open question ; it could be 

 placed quite satisfactorily in the Otiorhynchidai were it 

 not that no mandibular scar exists : the mandibles, 

 indeed, are so formed at the apex, that no deciduous 

 pieces could be seated on them ; while their sharp front 

 and prominent angles, may perhaps be found to be 

 a functional substitute for the deciduous pieces. This 

 structure of the mandibles, added to that of the tips of 

 the hind tibiae, distinguishes the genus satisfactorily from 

 Copano'pachys, which is unquestionably its nearest ally ; 

 the two genera possessing a great similarity of facies. 



1. Meotiorhynchiis querendus. 



Elougato-ovalis, niger, fusco-griseo-squamosus, limbo irregu- 

 lariter pallido ; opacus. Long, 10-10 j mm. 



Rostrum short and broad, rugose in front, with a deep channel 

 on the middle ; eyes moderately prominent ; antenna) short and 

 stout. Thorax rather long, curvate at the sides, obsoletely sculptured, 

 covered with very small sordid scales, with an obscure channel on 

 the middle. Elytra elongate, quite narrow at the base, where, 

 however, they just exceed the width of the base of the thorax, 

 thence becoming broader for about one-fourth or one-fifth of the 

 length ; acuminate at the apex, finely striate, covered with minute 

 scales, which are of an almost viniform dark colour, except at the 

 sides where they become more or less pallid, though in a very 

 variable manner. Legs stout ; apex of hind tibite very large. 



Mr. Lewis procured a small series of this very 

 interesting insect at Hakodate, in Yezo. One of the 

 specimens is a very beautiful variety in which the upper 

 surface is maculate, somewhat as in Copanopachys tigrinus, 

 with numerous pallid marks, the scales that are almost 

 uniformly dark in the typical form, being, moreover, 

 metallic. This example is a little smaller than the 

 others, and slightly different in outline, so that it may 

 possibly prove to be of a distinct species. 



