96 Mr. David Sharp on the 



The small weevil for which I establish this genus, has 

 the facies of an Omias, such as 0. concinnus, but it 

 appears to be more closely allied to Otiorhynchus, 

 of which it might form a sub-genus, were it not that the 

 scrobes of the antennge in their upper part encroach more 

 on the front of the rostrum, and are consequently less 

 widely separated than in Otiorhynchus. 



AntennEe moderately long, scape slender at the base, much 

 thicker at the apex, extending beyond the front margin of the 

 thorax. The rostrum short, thicker at the apex, distinctly 

 pterygiate, the true scrobes quite short and convergent, but the 

 rostrum above them excavated, so that the front of the rostrum is 

 in the middle comparatively narrow. Eyes small, very convex. 

 Front coxiB almost imperceptibly separated. Mentum with 

 a short peduncle, and not filling the buccal cavity. Mandibular 

 scars small but distinct. Third and fourth ventral segments 

 not very short. Front femur with a large tooth, middle and 

 hinder with smaller teeth. TibiiB slender at tips, the posterior 

 with two excessively minute spurs at the lower angle. 



1. Omoiotus ovatus. 



Gracilis, testaceus, capite thoraceque dense punctatis, illo inter 

 oculos foveolato; thorace elongate, elytris multo angustiore ; his 

 f ortiter, regulariter, seriatim punctatis, interstitiis leviter convexis. 

 Long. 4 mm. 



Second and third joints of antennre rather elongate, the 

 latter a little the longer, slender. Rostrum and head very 

 densely punctate, the former short, but little longer than broad, 

 without nasal plate, with a small deep fovea between the eyes ; 

 these remote from the thorax, very prominent. Thorax rather 

 long and narrow, slightly longer than broad, curved at the sides, a 

 little broader at the base than in front ; densely i-ather coarsely 

 punctate, rugose at the sides but not along the middle. Elytra 

 rather slender, ovate, the series of punctures remarkably regular, 

 each puncture rather large, the interval between each and the next 

 very small : the interstices extremely regular, and bearing some 

 minute depressed hairs ; the series of punctures are ten, the outer 

 one being placed very near to the margin, and obsolete behind. 

 Ventral segments shining, almost smooth. 



Two specimens were found, but the exact locality has 

 not been recorded. This little insect is of considerable 

 interest owing to its great approximation to the European 



