90 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Additions to 



the ' Annals.' The t'olloAving is a list of those in the present 

 communication : — 



Otiorliynchina3. Enchymus pimctonotatus. 



Isomeiinthus Jansoni. Centyres, n. fj. 

 Leptopinpe. turgidus. 



Leptops iliacus. Gonipterinae. 



cicatncosus. Oxyops farinosus. 



ovalipeniiis. Gonipterus hj-peroides. 



Ini^ocrita. turbidus. 



tetraphysodes. ErirhininiB. 



Cylindrorliiniua). Meriphus longirostris. 



Catastygiius, n. g. Myossita tabida. 



scutellaris. Belinse. 



stigma. Rhinotia pruinosa. 



limbatus. Isacantha cougesta. 



rivulosus. bimaculata. 



textilis. Pacliyura papulosa. 



Enchymus, n. g. 



Isomerinthus Jansoni. 



I. niger, nitidus, supra squamis niveis maculas formantibus omatus ; 

 rostro brevi, crasso, basi gibbosulo ; antennis sat iucrassatis, 

 sparse s(iuamosis; prothorace globoso, haud crebrc punctato, 

 utrinque maculis incertis notato ; elytris globoso-ovatis, ante 

 apicem sat subito angustioribus, striato-punctatis, punctis am- 

 pliatis, paulo approxiraatis ; intorstitiis convcxis, maculis uiveis 

 conspicuis ads])ersis ; corpore infra pedibusque albo-squamosis. 

 Long. 3 lin. 



Ilah. Lizard Island. 



In general appearance this species resembles one from ^lorty, 

 but it has a much shorter and stouter rostrum, thicker antenna?, 

 a globose prothorax, &c. It is, I believe, the first described 

 Australian species of this large Malasian genus. It is true 

 Fabricius has a Curculio scalratiis (redescribed bj Boheman 

 as an Isomerinthi^s) collected by Labillardi^re, and credited to 

 " noua Cambria" (8yst. El. ii. p. o22) ; but its true habitat 

 must be considered doubtful, as it does not seem to have oc- 

 curred in any of the many collections sent to this country. I 

 have preferred the use of the term IsomerinfhuSf following 

 Messrs. Saunders and Jekel, notAvithstanding that it is poste- 

 rior in date to Coptorhiinchus^ Guer. (adopted by Lacordaire), 

 partly because the latter has been changed from ^plmropterusj 

 which ought not to have been suppressed, and partly because 

 it is not at all certain tiiat it is distinct from Psomehs (Gu(5rin, 

 Voy. de la Coquille), which has a priority of two pages over 

 Sphtcroptcrus, a fact sutEeiently conclusive for a certain school 

 ut naturalists. I dedicate it to Mr. Janson, who has kindlv 



