12 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the 
to observe in such forms as Silvanus and Calandra, — to 
the latter of which indeed it bears at first sight a consider- 
able resemblance).* 
b. Funiculus 5-art (Subfam. Pentakthrides. ) 
Genus 2. Pentacoptus (nov. gen.). 
Corpus parvum, breviter parallelo-oblongum, opacum, 
grosse sculpturatum, hinc inde parce subsquamoso-luto- 
sum: rostro brc\d (sed lineari), lato, depresso; oculis'^^x- 
vis, rotundatis, valde prominentibus ; scrobe brcsd, pro- 
funda, mox infra oculum desinente et ibidem terminata : 
prothorace elongato-subquadrato, elytris sensim angus- 
tiore : scutello minutissimo, punctiformi : metasterno elon- 
gato. AntenncB brevissimje, in medio rostri inserts ; 
scapo brevi, clavato; funiculo 5-articulato, art." l""" reli- 
quis majore crassiore, sequentibus brevibus, latitudine vix 
crescentibus ; capitulo parvo, solido, ad apicem obscure 
annidato et ibidem subspongioso subpiloso. Pedes breves, 
validi, crassi, antici ad basin fere approximati, intermedii 
paulo distantiores, postici valde distantes : femorihus mu- 
ticis: tihiis brevibus, robustis, ad apicem externum in 
uncum magnum productis : tarsis brevibus, crassiuscidis, 
art." 3''° paulo dilatato et bilobo, ult."^° longiore (sed brevi), 
unguiciilis minutissimis armato. 
A TrevTE, quinque, et xotttoc, sectus. 
At first sight the opake and coarsely sculptured little 
weevil for the reception of which the above genus is pro- 
posed has much the outline and aspect of a small Gro- 
nops ; though of course, when closely inspected, everj^ one 
of its characters (more especially as regards its rostrum, 
antenncE, and tibial hooks, and the soldered fii-st and second 
segments of its abdomen) will instantly remove it from 
the entire section of the Byrsopsidcs. Yet, despite its 
peculiarities of outline and sculpture, and the mud-like 
scales (so unusual in the present sub-family) with which 
its surface is ])artially clothed, there can be no doubt that 
its 5-jointed funiculus will assign it a place amongst the 
• Judging from the published diagnoses, this insect appears to be dis- 
tinct both from the Di'ijophthorns bituhcrculdtns, Fab. (which seems to 
occur in New Zeahind, various islands of the I'acific, California, &c.), as 
well as from the excavatus, Dej. (which is registered as a Madagascar 
species). 
