Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Neotropical Carculionide. 4iy 



distinctly punctured ; pitchy yellow, the extreme base black, 

 the apical two thirds blackish fuscous, with a sublateral 

 pitchy -yellow stripe (emitted from basal yellow portion), not 

 extended to the apex. The apical spines of the tibiae and 

 the claws nearly black. 



Hah. Antananarivo [Mr. Kingdon). 



Leptocerinse. 

 Leptocera lineatopunctata, n. sp. 



Xigra ; thorace crebre fortiter punctato, lineis quatuor albo-pilosis ; 



elytris obscure cyaneis vel purpureis, fortiter lineato-punctatis, 



apice truncate, sutura alba. 

 Long. 4 1 -5 lin. 



Head closely and very strongly punctured, with white pile 

 on the sides of the face and cheeks. Thorax subcylindrical, 

 very slightly narrowed in front and at the base, densely and 

 strongly punctured ; with four narrow white silky streaks 

 above. Elytra not very much narrowed posteriorly, obscure 

 purple or deep steel-blue, with lines of very strong punctures ; 

 the punctures are rather smaller towards the apex ; the apex 

 of each elytron is truncate, the outer angle being slightly 

 dentiform. The mesothoracic epimera and the metathoracic 

 parapleurae are pitchy. The femora are rather strongly 

 clavate. 



Hah. Antananarivo {Mr. Kingdon). 



This species is allied to L. humeralis. 



XXXIX. — New Neotropical Curculionidw. — Part I. 

 By Fkancis P. Pascoe, F.L.S. &c 



As a large number of undescribed Tropical-American Curcu- 

 lionidse are to be found in collections, I purpose to describe 

 some of the more remarkable, though not necessarily those 

 most distinguished for size or beauty. My own collection 

 contains a goodly number derived from various sources, espe- 

 cially from Parana, a province south of "Rio de Janeiro, and 

 very little known entomologically, forming part of the collec- 

 tion of the late lamented Mr. W. W. Saunders, and obtained, 

 I believe, by Mr. Chesterton. There are also many species 

 from Mr. Bates (Para and the Amazon valley), Mr. Buckley 

 (Ecuador), Mr. E. Bartlett (Eastern Peru), Mr. E. Janson 

 (Chontales), and others, including a large number from M. 

 James Thomson's collection, chiefly from French collectors 



