120 Mr. C. O. "Watcvhouse on neio 



not very convex, rounded at the apex, rather strongly punctate- 

 striate,'the interstices very slightly convex ; tlie pubescence is 

 yellowish, interrupted by small brown square spots ; a few of 

 these spots are larger and darker than the others; and the yellow- 

 pubescence has a tendency to form a sutural spot behind the 

 middle. The legs are very pale brown ; a ring on the femur, 

 two on the tibia, the apical half of the basal tarsal joint, and 

 nearlv all the second joint blackish. Some large punctures 

 are scattered over the Hanks of the prosternum and the meta- 

 sternum. 



Curculionidae. 



Cratopus viornatus, sp. n. 



C. elongatus, niger (vel nigro-piceus), nitidus, setis nlbidis brevis- 

 simis parce adspersus ; anteniiis piccis ; rostro basi sat crebre, 

 apice pa reins lajWus punctulato, fronte discrete distiucte punctata ; 

 oculis oblongis, baud prominentibus ; thorace longitudine -l-latiore, 

 antice angustato, vix crebre sat fortiter punctato ; scutello Isevi ; 

 elytris thorace paulo latioribus at 31 loiigioribus, ad apicem regu- 

 lariter acumiiiatis, fortiter striato-punctatis, interstitiis vix irre- 

 gularibus, punctis parvis adspersis, ajnce tuberciilis parvis obsitis, 

 marginibus dimidio basali distincte carinatis, ad apicem serrulatis ; 

 pectore breviter griseo-pubescente; femoribus anticis subtus dente 

 parvo armatis. Long. 5-G| lin., lat. 2-2| lin. 



Cratopus virescensj sp. n. 



C. elongatus, ])iceus, dense virescenti-pubescens ; capita rostroque 

 crebre sat fortiter punctato ; oeiilis vix prominulis ; thorace lon- 

 gitudine vix latiore, antice angustato, crebre irregulariter granulato, 

 lateribus arcnatis ; scutello viridi-albo tccto ; elytris thorace 

 paulo latioribus at 3| longiorilnis, apice angnstatis, sat fortiter 

 striato-punctatis (puuctis rotundatis, medio tuberculo minuto in- 

 structis), interstitiis baud convexis, parce subtilissime asperato- 

 punctatis, marginibus baud carinatis ; femoribus anticis subtus 

 dente magno armatis. Long. 5-6 lin., lat. 2-2|^ lin. 



Cratopus magnificuSj sp. n. 



C. eljtris piceo-niger, dense squaraulis rotundatis parvis tectis ; 

 squamulis Isete viridi vel aurato vel cupreo nitentibus ; sutura 

 laevi. Long. 5^ lin. 



Two elytra only known. 



Pentarthrum Rodriguezi^ sp. n. 

 -P. nigTO-piceum (vel rufo-piceum), convexum, eubcylindricum ; 



