426 Mr. r. P. Pascoe on new Neotropical Curculionidcv. 



ferniginous ; head and rostrum minutely punctured, the latter 

 short and strongly curved ; antennge short and rather slender, 

 the club small ■ ^jrothorax very transverse, suddenly narrowed 

 anteriorly, ^ .y and remotely punctured, scutellar lobe trun- 

 cate ; sr- aum broadly transverse ; elytra moderately convex, 

 intp ' -^jiedly striate, the deeper parts punctiform, oblong, 

 black, the interstices impunctate, apex broadly rounded j body 

 beneath and legs glossy black. 



A fine and very distinct species which may be placed in 

 the same group with B. catenulata. 



Bar'is fervida. 



B. breviter ovata, glabra, cupreo-aurea ; rostro crasso, brevi, fortiter 

 arcuato : elytris lineatim striatis. Long. 4| lin. 



Hah. Chontales. 



Shortly ovate, rich coppery gold ; head moderately punc- 

 tured ; rostrum short, much curved ; antennse black, club 

 large, ovate, pointed ; prothorax gibbous, transverse, con- 

 tracted anteriorly, coarsely and closely punctured, scutellar 

 lobe produced ; scutellum rounded, but somewhat pointed 

 behind ; elytra depressed and irregular above, v/ith linear 

 clean-cut stria?, the interstices rather strongly punctured ; 

 body beneath and legs greenish copper. 



Colour, stout strongly curved rostrum and sculpture, will 

 distinguish this species from its allies, such as interjjunctata, 

 metallica^ &c. 



Eurliinus cupripes. 



E. late ovalis, nitidissime viridis ; capita, rostro pedibusque pur- 

 pureo-cupreis ; scutello valde transverso ; elytris fere obsolete 

 punctatis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. Mexico. 



Broadly oval, brilliantly green above and beneath, the head, 

 rostrum, and legs a rich purple-copper; antenna black; pro- 

 thorax impunctate ; scutellum very broad, rounded behind ; 

 elytra seriate-punctate, but, except the sutural row, the punc- 

 tures nearly obsolete. 



Allied to E. c^aneus, but narrower and differently coloured. 



Eurliinus eximius. 



E. late ovalis, nitidissimus ; capita prothoraceque cupreo-aureis ; 

 elytris cyaueis ; rostro a capite separato ; funiculo elongato. 

 Long. 2|- lin. 



Hah. Parana. 



Broadly oval, very glossy ; head and prothorax copper 



