﻿New 
  Genera 
  and 
  Species 
  of 
  Curculionides. 
  193 
  

  

  Pezichus,* 
  nov. 
  gen. 
  Cryptorhynchid;e 
  — 
  divis. 
  I. 
  

   Antennce 
  longae, 
  tenues 
  ; 
  funiculo 
  7-articulato, 
  articulo 
  primo 
  

   breviter 
  obconico, 
  2° 
  longissimo, 
  3-4 
  obconicis, 
  reliquis 
  bre- 
  

   vibus 
  ; 
  clava 
  valde 
  elongata, 
  subcylindrica, 
  sub-solida. 
  Kos- 
  

   trum 
  longum, 
  tenue, 
  parum 
  arciiatum. 
  Oculi 
  laterales, 
  de- 
  

   press!. 
  Thorax 
  angustus 
  sub-conicus, 
  lateribus 
  postice 
  fere 
  

   rectis, 
  apice 
  supra 
  rotundato-productiis, 
  utrinqiie 
  profunde 
  

   emarginatus, 
  pone 
  oculos 
  lobatus, 
  postice 
  leviter 
  bisinuatus. 
  

   ScuteUum 
  rotundum, 
  valde 
  convexiim. 
  Elytra 
  oblongo- 
  

   ovata, 
  antice 
  thoracis 
  basi 
  multo 
  latiora, 
  trisinuata, 
  pone 
  

   tlioracem 
  subito 
  emarginata, 
  postice 
  acuminata. 
  Pedes 
  lon- 
  

   gissimi, 
  tenues, 
  sub-aequales 
  ; 
  femoribus 
  linearibus, 
  subtus 
  

   dentatis 
  ; 
  tibiis 
  sub-arcuatis, 
  apice 
  unco 
  instructis 
  ; 
  tarsis 
  

   longis 
  angustis, 
  articulo 
  primo 
  perlongo, 
  ultimo 
  bi-unguiculato. 
  

   Corpus 
  oblongo-ovatum, 
  convexum, 
  scuipturatum, 
  squamo- 
  

   sum, 
  alatum, 
  mediocris 
  magnitudinis. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  Pezichus 
  greatly 
  resembles 
  the 
  

   genus 
  CyUndrocorynus, 
  but 
  these 
  organs 
  are 
  rather 
  longer 
  and 
  

   more 
  slender 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  genus. 
  In 
  the 
  great 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   legs, 
  the 
  non-clavate 
  femora, 
  and 
  the 
  long 
  slender 
  tarsi, 
  a 
  nearer 
  

   approach 
  to 
  Pezichus 
  is 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Australian 
  genus 
  Protojmlus, 
  

   and 
  I 
  think 
  these 
  two 
  genera 
  should 
  be 
  arranged 
  near 
  to 
  each 
  

   other. 
  

  

  Pezichus 
  binotatus. 
  

  

  Oblongus, 
  niger, 
  squamulis 
  fuscis 
  inaequaliter 
  vestitus 
  ; 
  antennis 
  

   fusco-ferrugineis 
  ; 
  rostro 
  basi 
  subtiliter 
  punctulato 
  ; 
  thorace 
  

   angusto, 
  antice 
  constricto. 
  dorso 
  postico, 
  lateribusque 
  tuber- 
  

   culis 
  insequalibus 
  parum 
  elevatis 
  obsito, 
  dorso 
  elevato-cari- 
  

   nato 
  ; 
  scutello 
  nigro, 
  nitido 
  ; 
  elytris 
  profunde 
  et 
  remote 
  

   ocellato-punctato-striatis, 
  interstitiis 
  angustis, 
  convexis, 
  al- 
  

   ternis 
  elevatioribus, 
  tuberculis 
  parvulis 
  nonnullis 
  fusco- 
  

   squamosis 
  adspersis, 
  tertio 
  a 
  sutura 
  in 
  medio 
  elevato-carinato, 
  

   pone 
  scutellum 
  tuberculo 
  validiori 
  instructo, 
  singulo 
  elytro 
  

   dorso 
  postico 
  vitta 
  parva 
  obliqua, 
  sub-transversa, 
  sordide 
  

   albo-squamosa 
  notato. 
  

  

  Long. 
  Corp., 
  rostr. 
  excl., 
  lin. 
  5|; 
  lat. 
  lin. 
  24^. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  ad 
  "Moreton 
  Bay," 
  Novae 
  Hollandise. 
  

  

  The 
  scales, 
  which 
  somewhat 
  irregularly 
  clothe 
  the 
  legs 
  and 
  

   body 
  in 
  this 
  insect, 
  are 
  very 
  minute, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  interstices 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  • 
  From 
  'ml^~)(0(, 
  a 
  pedestrian, 
  a 
  name 
  suggested 
  by 
  the 
  great 
  length 
  and 
  slen- 
  

   derness 
  of 
  the 
  limbs. 
  

  

  VOL. 
  II. 
  N. 
  S. 
  PART 
  VI. 
  — 
  SEPT. 
  1853. 
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