33 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse on Coleopterous Insects 
Amongst the numerous genera of Anthribide detined by Schon- 
herr, I have found none presenting the combination of characters 
which are above pointed out. Ormiscus approaches most nearly 
perhaps to Areocerus, but may be distinguished by the different 
form of the eyes, which have the long diameter considerably 
greater than the transverse, and are much narrower in front than 
behind; the position of the antennz is also different, and ‘the 
form of the jomts, which are shortér}'and especially the form of 
the club, which is considerably shorter, and has not the joints 
distinctly separated. 
The «neous tint of the elytra is only seen in parts where the 
pubescence has apparently been rubbed off: at the base of each 
elytron near the seutellum is a slight hump, which, wantmg the 
pubescence, always presents a dark hue ; on the outer side of this 
is an oblong patch of a pale yellowish colour, and this is not due 
to the colour of the pubescence only, for the elytron itself ap- 
pears to be pale at this part: in the middle is a broad brownish 
band, which as.it parts from the suture to the outer margin 
slightly descends: on the outer margin is a broad dusky patch, 
and there is a brownish heart-shaped spot on the suture, about 
midway between the central fascia and the apex of the elytra: 
the tibiz are somewhat dusky at the apex. 
Mr. Darwin found this imsect amongst others when sweeping 
the herbage in the high central parts of Charles’ Island, in the 
month of October. 
Family OrroRHYNCHID2. 
Otiorhynchus cuneiformis. Ot. ater, fusco-cinereo-squamosus, setis 
brevibus adspersis; antennis pedibusque piceis. 
Caput breve subconvexum, fronte longitudinaliter rugosa; oculi fere 
globosi: rostrum capite vix longius sed angustius, apice modice 
dilatatum, supra fere planum longitudinaliter rngosum. Antennz 
mediocres, funiculo articulis primo et secundo subeequalibus ; 
clava breviter ovata, apice acuminata. ‘Thorax que longus ac 
latus, subcylindricus, apice truncatus, angustior, lateribus pone 
medium parum amphiatis; basi leviter bisinuatus ; supra rugosus. 
Scutellum apice rotundatum. Elytra oblongo-subovata, antice tho- 
‘ racis basi haud latiora, supra convexa, lateribus, pone medium am- 
pliata, apicem versus, subacuminata, ad apicem,rotundata ; rude 
punctato-striata, interstitis parum elevatis impunctatis, seriatim 
setosis. Pedes mediocres.—Long. corp. 2# lin. ; lat, 14 Iin. 
This insect is so thickly clothed with mud-coloured scales that 
it is difficult to see the sculpturmg. It is considerably smaller 
than the Otiorhynchus raucus, and the elytra bemg_ broadest 
rather behind the middle, the thorax but little rounded at the 
sides, and narrower in front than behind, where it is equal m 
width to the base of the elytra, gives to the general outlme a 
