364: On two new Rhynchoplwrous Goleoptera. 



species of Bliinosca'plia which agrees admirably witli Herr 

 Kirsch's description of R. viriduJa except that in that species 

 tlie interstices of the elytra are said to be flat, whereas in the 

 specimen before me they are distinctly convex. This may 

 be a mere individual variation. 



Rhinoscapha Thomsoni. 



Elongato-obovata, ni2:ra, squamis glaucis parce tecta ; rostro medio 

 sulcato utrinque obtuse carinato ; thorace rugoso, medio impresso ; 

 elytris punetato-striatis, iuterstitiis vix convexis, granulis niimc- 

 rosis nigris nitidis sparsis, singulis elytris maculis duabus ante 

 medium fasciaque pone medium flavis ornatis. 



Long. 11 lin. 



Hah. Aignan Island. 



Black, sparingly clothed with fine, very pale bluish-grey 

 scales. Tiie rostrum has a broad median channel, with an 

 impressed line in the middle. The antennas are clothed with 

 grey scales, with the apex of the joints of the funiculus black, 

 beset with a few black hairs ; the scape reaches to the 

 middle of the eye ; the second joint of the funiculus is a 

 little longer than the first. The thorax is as long as broad, 

 distinctly narrowed at the base, broadest in front of the middle, 

 convex, transversely impressed in front, with a well-marked 

 discoidal impression ; covered with black shining granules, 

 which are variable in size and shape and are sometimes con- 

 fluent. The elytra are punctate-striate, the punctures small 

 and not very close together ; the interstices are only slightly 

 convex about the middle, studded with very numerous, small, 

 black, shining granules, with a few of a rather larger size 

 round the yellow spot and bordering the yellow fascia ; each 

 elytron has a transversely ovate yellow spot at a short dis- 

 tance from the base and a little removed from the suture, and 

 another below the shoulder; the transverse fascia (which 

 does not reach the margin of the elytron) is a little dilated 

 about the middle. The legs are clothed with grey scales and 

 are studded with black shining granules ; the tibias are beset 

 with hairs, which are chiefly blackish on the outer and pale 

 fulvous on the inner edge. 



Ajnrocalus Thomsoni. 



Fuscus, sat dense sordide cinereo-squamosus ; antennis longis ; 

 thorace latitudine pcrpaulo longiorc, conveso, tubcrculoso, antice 

 ot postice angustato, lateribus arcuatis ; elytris latitudine per- 

 paulo brevioribus, striato-punctatis, ad basin thoracis basi baud 



