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  Genera 
  and 
  Species 
  of 
  Curculionides. 
  191 
  

  

  fourth 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  length, 
  is 
  rather 
  slender 
  and 
  depressed; 
  the 
  

   remaining 
  portion 
  is 
  compressed 
  and 
  incrassated. 
  The 
  scape 
  of 
  

   the 
  antennae 
  is 
  much 
  incrassated 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  

   funiculus 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  each 
  give 
  origin 
  to 
  numerous 
  long 
  curved 
  

   hairs, 
  and 
  their 
  structure 
  is 
  very 
  peculiar 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  joint 
  being 
  

   small, 
  the 
  second 
  very 
  large, 
  fully 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  first, 
  and 
  

   of 
  a 
  nearly 
  ovate 
  form 
  ; 
  the 
  remaining 
  joints 
  keep 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  

   form, 
  but 
  decrease 
  rather 
  rapidly 
  in 
  size, 
  the 
  last 
  joint 
  being 
  minute. 
  

   Then, 
  again, 
  in 
  the 
  legs 
  this 
  sex 
  present 
  some 
  peculiarities; 
  they 
  

   are 
  nearly 
  equal 
  as 
  to 
  length, 
  but 
  the 
  anterior 
  pair 
  sliglitly 
  exceed 
  

   the 
  others 
  ; 
  the 
  femora 
  are 
  considerably 
  incrassated 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   the 
  middle 
  pair 
  of 
  tibiae 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  on 
  the 
  

   inner 
  side, 
  the 
  posterior 
  femora 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side, 
  and 
  the 
  basal 
  

   joint 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  posterior 
  tarsi, 
  are 
  clothed, 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  parts, 
  

   with 
  a 
  dense 
  brush 
  of 
  velvet-like 
  yellow 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  thoracic 
  segments, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  are 
  

   also 
  clothed 
  with 
  bright 
  yellow 
  hairs 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  In 
  the 
  female 
  

   they 
  are 
  wanting 
  on 
  all 
  these 
  parts. 
  

  

  Anov^cearthr'ia 
  ccendeojiennis. 
  

   Oblongus, 
  ater, 
  nitidus 
  ; 
  capite 
  rostroque 
  sub-remote 
  punctatis 
  ; 
  

   fronte 
  foveolata 
  ; 
  thorace 
  subtiliter 
  punctulato 
  ; 
  elytris 
  pur- 
  

   j)ureo-caeruleis, 
  humeris 
  nigris, 
  puncto 
  utrinque 
  prope 
  scu- 
  

   tellum 
  flavo-vel 
  albido-squamoso 
  ornatis, 
  simpliciter 
  striata, 
  

   interstitiis 
  planis, 
  subtilissime 
  punctulatis 
  ; 
  corpore 
  subtus 
  

   sat 
  crebre 
  punctato. 
  

   i 
  Long. 
  Corp., 
  rostr. 
  excl., 
  lin. 
  3 
  ; 
  lat. 
  lin. 
  1| 
  : 
  $ 
  long. 
  lin. 
  2f. 
  

   Patria 
  Brazil, 
  ad 
  Minas 
  Geraes. 
  

  

  The 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  are 
  nearly 
  straight 
  and 
  parallel 
  in 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  part, 
  but 
  near 
  the 
  fore 
  part 
  they 
  curve 
  inwards 
  to 
  the 
  

   contracted 
  part 
  in 
  front, 
  which 
  is 
  tubular, 
  and 
  only 
  sufficiently 
  

   broad 
  to 
  hold 
  the 
  head 
  : 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  rather 
  long, 
  distinctly 
  

   broader 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  humerus 
  is 
  obtusely 
  

   angular, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  humerus 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  

   the 
  elytra 
  gradually 
  diminishes, 
  the 
  outline 
  presenting 
  but 
  an 
  

   indistinct 
  convex 
  curve; 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  obtusely 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Protopalus, 
  Schonherr. 
  — 
  Cryptorhynchid.«. 
  

   Stirps 
  I. 
  — 
  Antennae 
  articulis 
  1° 
  et 
  4° 
  funiculi 
  longiusculis 
  

  

  obconicis 
  ; 
  2° 
  et 
  3° 
  longioribus, 
  subaequalibus, 
  reliquis 
  

  

  brevibus. 
  

   P. 
  Stephensii 
  (Hope), 
  Scho. 
  iv. 
  p. 
  45. 
  

   I 
  have 
  in 
  my 
  cabinet 
  an 
  insect 
  from 
  Moreton 
  Bay 
  which 
  agrees 
  

  

  