492 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Neotropical Curcidwnidcc. 



Nettarhinus granulatus. 



N. subcylindricus, silaceo-squamosus, granulis numerosis nigris 

 nitidis adspersus ; scapo modice elongato ; elytris apice acutis. 

 Long. 4| lin. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



Subcylindrical, covered with brownish -yellow scales, the 

 upper surface studded with numerous black shining granules ; 

 head and rostrum black, the former with scattered scales, a 

 few extending to the base of the latter, its lower half un- 

 equally punctured ; antenna 3 - pale ferruginous, the club darker, 

 scape rather long, slender ; prothorax about equal in length 

 and breadth, much constricted anteriorly, towards the base 

 two elevated somewhat pointed tubercles ; scutellum indis- 

 tinct ; elytra rather short, broader than the prothorax, pointed 

 at the apex, granules arranged in rows, the intervals closely 

 covered with scales ; body beneath and legs with paler scales, 

 the last three abdominal segments darker. 



A short thick-set form like N. bilobus (01.), but differs in 

 coloration and sculpture. 



Nettarhinus rudis. 



N. subcylindricus, piceus, squamulis parvis silaceis adspersus ; 

 scapo breviusculo ; elytris apice rotundatis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Brazil. 



Subcylindrical, pitchy, with small scattered brownish -yellow 

 scales ; head and rostrum black, coarsely punctured, except 

 the latter, towards the apex ; antennas ferruginous, the club 

 darker, scape rather short ; prothorax rather broader than 

 long, the sides well rounded, constricted anteriorly, closely 

 and strongly punctured, the base with three tubercles ; 

 scutellum elongate ; elytra coarsely punctured, the intervals 

 granulate, each granule bearing a short, thick, erect scale, the 

 apex rounded ; body beneath and legs pitchy ; tibiae short 

 and much compressed. 



This species differs inter alia from its congeners in the 

 rounded apex of the elytra. 



Thrasyomus. 



liostrum modice elongatum ; scrobes medianse, rectse. Antenna; 

 graciles ; funiculi articulis duobus basalibus aequalibus ; clava 

 breviter ovata, distincta. Prothorax transvcrsus, lobis ocularibus 

 nullis. Elytra breviuscula, convexa, prothorace multo latiora, 

 regione scutellari depressa. Rima pectoralis metasterno termi- 

 nata, apice aperta. Pedes robusti ; femora valida, infra dentata ; 

 tibiaz ungniculatse. Ahdomen segmcntis tribus intermediis 

 aequalibus. 



