Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Neotropical CurculionidcB. 491 



Rather broadly ovate, closely covered with scales of a dark 

 brown colour, but paler on the sides of the prothorax and 

 middle of the elytra ; head with four fascicles of erect dark 

 brown scales, among which are a few white ; rostrum dark 

 brown, without scales, except at the base ; antennae ferrugi- 

 nous ; prothorax nearly twice as broad as long, tubular in 

 front, two fascicles of dark brown scales at the apex, behind 

 the tubular portion the disk of the prothorax rises abruptly 

 into a transverse ridge marked more or less with paler erect 

 scales, sides gradually narrowing to the base ; scutellum not 

 apparent ; elytra short, somewhat cordiform, seriate-punctate, 

 tuberculate, two compressed tubercles on each side, crowned 

 with erect scales ; legs varied with brown and whitish pro- 

 jecting scales ; third and fourth joints of the abdomen very 

 short. 



Epitasis. 



Rostrum modice arcuatum, capite sesquilongius, apicem versus 

 latius, basi semialatum ; scrobes median®. Antenna? mediocres; 

 articulo primo funiculi validiore ; clava distincta. Prothorax 

 transversus, ad latera rotundatus. Scutellum distinctum. Elytra 

 subovata, prothorace paulo latiora. Rima pectoralis raesosterno 

 terminata. Abdomen segmentis intermediis sequalibus ; sutura 

 prima arcuata. Femora mutica ; tibice rectae ; tarsi modice 

 elongati ; ungues approximate 



The affinity of this genus is not obvious ; but it is certainly 

 to be placed among the numerous forms which are classed 

 with Tragopus, Acalles, Tylodes, and their allies. Its essen- 

 tial character lies in the form of the rostrum, which is ex- 

 panded, although but slightly, at the base, its junction with 

 the head being marked by a notch or incision on each side. 



Epitasis niveosparsa. 



E. ovalis, squamulis fusco-silaceis tecta, aliis niveis setulisque t'uscis 

 erectis adspersa ; auteunis navidis. Loug. 1^ liu. 



Hah. Brazil. 



Oval, closely covered with yellowish-brown scales, others 

 of a snow-white colour forming conspicuous spots on the 

 prothorax and elytra, and long, erect, dark brown scales (those 

 arising among the white spots also white) intermixed ; ros- 

 trum with a raised line at the base ; antennae yellowish ferru- 

 ginous ; prothorax rather short, bisinuate at the base, a few 

 white scales in the centre ; scutellum round, black, scaleless ; 

 elytra rather convex punctate-striate, but the punctures nearly 

 concealed by the scales, the apex broadly rounded ; legs 

 covered with more or less projecting scales. 



