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a band of black in the centre of each, which does 

 not reach the extremity. The under side and legs 

 are green. 



CURCULIO GEOFFROYII. 



PLATE XXI. FIG. 4. 

 Geonemus Geoffroyii, Voyage de la CoquiUe. 



Brilliant green, glossed with violet. The rostrum 

 has a narrow impressed line down the middle, and 

 there is a similar one in the centre of the thorax. 

 The elytra are striated, and marked with four cross 

 bands of deep black, of which the second from the 

 base and that next the apex are abbreviated, and 

 the third dilated on each side of the suture. This 

 and the preceding species were obtained in a recent 

 French voyage of discovery round the world. 



CURCULIO VITTATUS. 

 PLATE XXI. FJG. 5. 



Fabriciua, Ent. Syst.Linn. Syst. Nat. 



Rostrum and thorax black, the surface smooth 

 and shining : elytra with punctured lines, a broad 

 white stripe at the side of the suture, a broader one 

 of a red colour in the middle of each, and a third 

 narrower than the others, towards the outer mar- 

 gin : the apex greyish : the legs and belly black ; 



