420 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Neotropical CurcuUqnidce, 



in Guiana, Columbia, Panama, Mexico, &c. These latter 

 bear in many cases the MS. names of MM. Buquet, Laferte", 

 Chevrolat, Jekel, and the Comte Dejean. 



Of late years the only descriptions of these New-World 

 tropical insects are those of Dr. Kirsch, and MM. Chevrolat 

 and Jekel ; but they are not very numerous. 



The species described in this part, and the subfamily to 

 which they belong, are : — 



BrachyDeein-s:. Compsus virgineus. 



Platyomus ostracion. vespertinus. 



Curiades, n.g.for Platyomus Bois- euchlons. 



duvali, Boh. Eustales coruscus, 



Cyphus effusus. cometes. 



sigillatus. stellaris. 



Trichaptus, n. g. for Rhigus myr- sejunctus. 



mosarius, Perty. interruptus. 



Ericydeus, n. g. for Cyphus Han- impositus. 



cockii Kirbti. Bracliyomus metallescens . 

 Compsus vestalis. Clseoteges, n. g. 

 mirandus. virosus. 



Platyomus ostracion. 



P. oblongus, densissime supra umbrino-, lateraliter albido-squamu- 

 losus ; prothorace cylindrico, elongato ; scutello oblongo, postice 

 ampliato ; elytris bifariam seriatim puuctatis, lineis tribus ele- 

 vatis tuberculatis instructis ; apicibus mucronatis. Long. 9 lin. 



Hah. Brazil. 



Oblong, closely covered above with umber-brown scales, 

 the sides and beneath whilish ; rostrum much broader at 

 the apex, a short median line extending to a fovea on the 

 front ; antennas stout, setulose, the club small, brown ; pro- 

 thorax cylindrical, much longer than broad, deeply and 

 irregularly pitted; scutellum narrow and linear anteriorly, 

 expanded behind ; elytra broadest at the shoulder, abruptly 

 declivous behind, the sides moderately rounded, strongly 

 punctured in double rows, the raised lines between, but not 

 extending, except the first, to the declivous portion, tubercu- 

 late, the first or inner line with the tubercles more strongly 

 developed, the last tubercle spiniform and horizontal; legs 

 setulose, brownish, mottled. 



Allied to P. niveus, but narrower, less strongly tuberculate, 

 and differently coloured. 



CUEIADES. 



Rostrum breviusculum, apice leviter emarginatum, supra ad frontem 

 late et profunde excavatum. Scopus antennarum brevis, apicem 

 versus incrassatus, ad marginem posticum oculi vix attingens. 

 Protliorax parvus, transversus. Elytra ampliata, pilis longis- 



