36 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the 
a feature in Er emotes, as regards the diminislied (and 
almost concealed) second funiculus-joint. Its elytra, 
moreover, are curiously rounded off separately, and sub- 
divaricate, at their apex, — much after the fashion we see 
in various Apions of the vernale type. Yet, in spite of 
these discrepancies (especially as concerns the breadth 
and outline of its rostrum), I feel satisfied that its real 
affinities are more Arith the particular genus to which I 
have just called attention, than with the Rhyncoli ; though 
since it cannot be admitted into the section of the family, 
characterized by Eremotes and Stenoscelis, in which the 
rostrum is excessively abbreviated, thick, and triangular, 
I have placed it thus far towards the close of the present 
division. 
15. Xenomimetes destructor, n. sp. 
X. cylindrica, atra, subnitida ; capite dense ruguloso- 
punctato, rostro depressiusculo, in medio IcA^ter canalicu- 
lato, oculis valde prominentibus, fronte convexa ; protho- 
race cylindrico, grosse punctato (punctis suboblongis ac 
longitudinaliter subconfluentibus), carinula media Iffivi 
instructo ; elytris transversim rugulosis, profvinde crenato- 
striatis, regione scutellari desiliente, interstitiis rugulosis 
ac minutissime subseriatim punctulatis, mox ante apicem 
utrinque plicato-subconstrictis necnon ad apicem ipsum 
singulatim divaricatis ; antennis rufo-piceis, capitulo fer- 
rugineo ; pedibus nigro-piceis, tarsis rufescentioribus. 
Subtus grosse, sed leviter et vix dense, punctata. 
Long. Corp. lin. l|-2. 
Capta inter pinos prope Nagasaki, in ins. Kushiu, hinc 
inde vulgaris. 
The deep-black, cylindric, and coarsely, densely sculp- 
tured body of this insect, added to its short and broad, 
yet parallel, rostrum, and its very prominent eyes, will, in 
conjunction vnth the various characters to which I have 
above alluded, abundantly distinguish it from every other 
member of the CossonidcB with which we are here con- 
cerned. It Avas captured in considerable abundance by 
Mr. Lewas, on various occasions, amongst old pine trees 
near Nagasaki, in the island of Kushiu. 
