﻿New 
  Genera 
  and 
  Species 
  of 
  Curculionides. 
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  The 
  under 
  parts 
  in 
  this 
  insect 
  are 
  but 
  imperfectly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  rostrum 
  are 
  covered 
  by 
  them, 
  if 
  we 
  

   except 
  the 
  slender 
  mesial 
  ridge 
  of 
  the 
  latter, 
  and 
  a 
  triangular 
  

   patch 
  on 
  the 
  former. 
  Scales 
  cover 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  thorax, 
  but 
  

   on 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  there 
  are 
  three 
  longitudinal 
  denuded 
  bands, 
  of 
  

   which 
  the 
  central 
  one 
  is 
  very 
  broad 
  ; 
  the 
  large 
  recurved 
  sub- 
  

   sickle-shaped 
  processes 
  have 
  but 
  few 
  scales 
  on 
  them. 
  The 
  punc- 
  

   tures 
  on 
  the 
  thorax 
  are 
  small, 
  and 
  rather 
  widely 
  separated. 
  On 
  

   the 
  elytra 
  the 
  scales 
  are 
  so 
  disposed 
  as 
  to 
  form 
  very 
  irregular 
  

   bands 
  and 
  spots 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  a 
  broadish 
  transverse 
  band 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  suture; 
  behind 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  second 
  band, 
  which 
  

   stops 
  short 
  of 
  the 
  suture; 
  the 
  third 
  band 
  is 
  considerably 
  shorter; 
  

   the 
  fourth 
  is 
  rather 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third; 
  and 
  lastly, 
  on 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  third 
  of 
  each 
  elytron 
  there 
  are 
  about 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  spots 
  vary- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  size 
  ; 
  neither 
  the 
  bands 
  nor 
  the 
  spots 
  quite 
  correspond 
  in 
  

   the 
  two 
  elytra, 
  and 
  they 
  no 
  doubt 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  vary 
  in 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  individuals. 
  None 
  of 
  the 
  bands 
  extend 
  to 
  the 
  outer 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  elytra. 
  Towards 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  femora 
  are 
  some 
  scales; 
  

   the 
  tooth 
  beneath 
  is 
  very 
  small 
  but 
  acute; 
  all 
  the 
  scales 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  

   brilliant 
  metallic 
  green 
  colour. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  

   collection 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  and 
  is 
  from 
  Bengal. 
  

  

  Drepanoderes 
  fuscus. 
  

   Oblongo-ovatus, 
  fuscus 
  ; 
  antennis 
  pedibusque 
  testaceis 
  ; 
  capite 
  

   punctulato, 
  fronte 
  foveolato; 
  rostro 
  leviter 
  carinato; 
  thorace 
  

   crebre 
  punctato; 
  elytris 
  punctato-striatis, 
  interstitiis 
  sub- 
  

   convexis, 
  pilis 
  minutis 
  sat 
  dense 
  obsitis 
  ; 
  femoribus 
  subtus 
  

   dente 
  parvulo, 
  acuto, 
  armatis. 
  

   A 
  trifle 
  smaller 
  than 
  D. 
  viridisquamosiis, 
  and 
  readily 
  distin- 
  

   guished 
  by 
  its 
  colouring, 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  scales, 
  and 
  the 
  thorax 
  being 
  

   more 
  thickly 
  punctured. 
  

  

  Synaptonyx,* 
  nov. 
  gen. 
  ERiRHiNiDiE. 
  

   ^n^enw<^ 
  mediocres, 
  tenues, 
  ante 
  medium 
  rostri 
  insertae; 
  scapus 
  

   clavatus, 
  oculos 
  non 
  attingens 
  ; 
  articulis 
  duobus 
  basalil)us 
  

   funiculi 
  longiusculis, 
  obconicis, 
  reliquis 
  obconicis, 
  gradatim 
  

   brevioribus 
  ; 
  clava 
  ovata. 
  Rostrum 
  longiusculum, 
  ante 
  me- 
  

   dium 
  deflexum, 
  dimidio 
  apicali 
  sub-planum 
  utrinque 
  cari- 
  

   natum, 
  postice 
  sub-carinatum 
  ; 
  scrobe 
  sub-superna, 
  postice 
  

  

  • 
  From 
  ff-uvaTTTOf, 
  bound 
  together, 
  and 
  ow^, 
  claw. 
  

  

  