Genera and Sj/eciesi of Xeic Z>'ulanil Cui'-oplfiri. 1 1 ') 



narrower boliiiwl, and tlicro nearly parallel-side;!, apex 

 medially eaiarjjinate, base truncate ; its surface is uneven, 

 there is a broad lono^itndinal depression behind the middle, 

 some ptmetnres are visible near the front, but the rest of 

 the sculpture consists of short, irrep;uhir, sliiuintj ni'^fC, those 

 near the base arc transverse, the others lou^^itudinal ; the 

 dcHexed sides are coarsely punctate-ru^^ose. Scuie/tum small. 

 Elytra oblon«i^, oviform, wider than thorax at base, shoulders 

 rather narrow ; the third interstices are distinctly elevated 

 from the base to the top of the posterior declivity, but do not 

 become uodiform there, they being slij^htly raised nearly as 

 far as the apices ; the tit'th are also cariuiform, but d> not 

 extend so far back ; the seventh unite with the third at the 

 extremity; between each of these there are two series of 

 ill-defined coarse punctures ; the apices arc dehiscent, but 

 not projectinsf. 



Underside irrej;ularly jjunctate, clothed with grey setiform 

 scales. At)domen elouj^atc, basal segment broadly depressed 

 medially, longer than second, third and fourth moderately 

 short, fifth nearly as long as the preceding two taken 

 together, sixth very short and curvate. Leys normal. 



Length (rostr. incl.) 8^, breadth .'3 lines. 



Ma Valley. 



The name of its discoverer, ^[r. J. II. Lewis, is applied to 

 this tine weevil. The specimen is unique. 



TocRis, gen. nov. 



Body oblong. Head and rostrum broad and Hat, conjointly 

 as long as the thorax and almost as broad as that is ; the 

 rostrum pterygiate at apex. Scrobes open above, deej), 

 rather abruptly bent towards the lower surface, but not 

 reaching the eyes. Scope straight and gradually incrassate, 

 it attains the back of the eye. Funiculus evidently longer 

 than the scape; basal three joints ouly moderately elongate, 

 the first slightly longer than either of the following two ; 

 fourth longer than broad; joints 5 to 7 almost bead-like ; 

 club large, oval. Eyes distant from thorax and from each 

 other, distinctly facetted, cpiite transverse, narrow iu the 

 longitudinal direction, acuminate below. Thorav sub- 

 (juadrate, narrowed behind, base and apex truncate, ocular 

 lol)es obsolete. Scntellum small. Elytra ovate-oblong, a 

 little wider than the thorax at the base. Lef/s elongate, 

 femora motlerately clavatc. Tibite mucronate, the posterior 

 without any external truncature at the extremity. Tarsi 

 ratlicr narrow, basal three joints distinetlv longer than 



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