﻿New 
  Genera 
  and 
  Species 
  of 
  Curculionides. 
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  certain 
  to 
  which 
  country 
  it 
  belongs 
  ; 
  I 
  am 
  more 
  inclined 
  to 
  believe 
  

   it 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  latter 
  country. 
  In 
  general 
  appearance 
  it 
  reminds 
  

   one 
  somewhat 
  of 
  a 
  Tranes 
  or 
  an 
  Iphipus. 
  

  

  Hybophorus,* 
  nov. 
  gen. 
  Cryptorhynchid^ 
  — 
  divis. 
  II. 
  

   Antennce 
  mediocres, 
  minus 
  tenues 
  ; 
  articulis 
  tribus 
  basalibus 
  

   funiculi 
  obconicis, 
  reliquis 
  brevibus 
  ; 
  clava 
  breviter 
  ovata. 
  

   Rostrum 
  longitudine 
  fere 
  capitis 
  cum 
  thorace, 
  teres, 
  parum 
  

   arcuatum, 
  subcarinatum. 
  Oculi 
  magni, 
  parum 
  convexi, 
  in 
  

   fronte 
  approximati. 
  Thorax 
  transversus, 
  subconicus, 
  antice 
  

   valde 
  constrictus, 
  supra 
  in 
  medio 
  sub-elevatus, 
  obtuse 
  cari- 
  

   natus, 
  apice 
  rotundato-productus, 
  pone 
  oculos 
  valde 
  lobatus, 
  

   basi 
  ante 
  scutellum 
  paulo 
  productus. 
  Scutellum 
  oblongum 
  

   elevatum. 
  Elytra 
  subtriangularia, 
  antice 
  sinuato-emarginata, 
  

   humeris 
  rotundato-subangulato-productis, 
  versus 
  apicem 
  at- 
  

   tenuata, 
  apice 
  ipso 
  rotundata 
  ; 
  supra 
  convexa, 
  tuberibus 
  

   tubcrculisque 
  obsita. 
  Pedes 
  mediocres, 
  femoribus 
  subtus 
  

   valde 
  dentatis 
  ; 
  tibiae 
  basi 
  curvatae, 
  apice 
  unguiculo 
  armatse 
  ; 
  

   tarsis 
  parum 
  latis, 
  subtus 
  spongiosis, 
  biiinguiculatis. 
  Corpus 
  

   breve, 
  convexum, 
  valde 
  inequale, 
  baud 
  squamosum, 
  mediae 
  

   magnitudinis. 
  

   Approaches 
  most 
  nearly 
  io 
  Rhyssomatus,\)\.\t\\^s 
  simple 
  diverg- 
  

   ing 
  claws, 
  whilst 
  in 
  that 
  genus 
  the 
  claws 
  are 
  bifid,-f- 
  and 
  differs, 
  

   further, 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  humeral 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  produced 
  ; 
  the 
  

   basal 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  funiculus 
  are 
  shorter, 
  and 
  the 
  four 
  anterior 
  legs 
  

   are 
  more 
  widely 
  separated 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  The 
  two 
  last 
  mentioned 
  

   points 
  of 
  distinction 
  serve 
  also 
  to 
  distinguish 
  the 
  new 
  genus 
  

   from 
  Chalcodermus. 
  The 
  thorax 
  in 
  H 
  yhophoriis 
  is 
  more 
  deeply 
  

   sinuated 
  behind, 
  more 
  deeply 
  emarginated 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  and 
  more 
  strongly 
  lobed 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes, 
  than 
  in 
  either 
  of 
  

   the 
  two 
  genera 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  compared. 
  Scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  

   inserted 
  about 
  midway 
  between 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   rostrum, 
  and 
  reaching 
  back 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  eye, 
  and 
  but 
  little 
  

   clavate 
  : 
  three 
  basal 
  joints 
  of 
  funiculus 
  obconic, 
  the 
  third 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  other 
  two, 
  which 
  are 
  but 
  moderate 
  as 
  to 
  length 
  ; 
  the 
  

   remaining 
  joints 
  short, 
  at 
  first 
  subturbinate 
  and 
  then 
  transverse 
  : 
  

   club 
  short, 
  the 
  joints 
  tolerably 
  distinct. 
  Eyes 
  very 
  large, 
  very 
  

   nearly 
  touching 
  each 
  other 
  on 
  the 
  forehead 
  ; 
  the 
  facets 
  rather 
  

  

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  a 
  hump, 
  and 
  <^o(ix, 
  to 
  bear. 
  

  

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  A 
  character 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  overlooked, 
  but 
  which 
  is 
  important. 
  I 
  shall 
  

   take 
  an 
  early 
  opportunity 
  of 
  pointing 
  out 
  some 
  peculiarities 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  noticed 
  

   in 
  the 
  claws 
  of 
  certain 
  genera 
  of 
  Curculionides. 
  

  

  