Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Neotropical CurcuUonidw. 39 



tihi(s intus bisinuatae, apioe mucronatse ; corhidis apertis ; tarsi 

 articulo ultimo ampliato ; ungues liberi. Abdomen normale. 



One of mj specimens has the MS. name of Pandeletius 

 coeruleus, Buq., attached to it ; but from Pandeletius and 

 allied genera it differs in the angular groove at the base of 

 the rostrum, and in all the femora being toothed beneath. 



Phanasora plumhea. 



P. ovata, sqnamulis caeruleis approximatis tecta ; tibiis auticis intus 

 denticulatis. Long. 2^ lin. 



Hah. Bogota. 



Ovate, black, covered by approximate pale blue scales 

 (hence the colour as a whole appears to be dull leaden) ; ros- 

 trum longer than the head, flattened above, and rather sharply- 

 angled on each side ; antennje black, last five joints of the 

 funicle somewhat turbinate ; eyes lateral, rounded ; prothorax 

 slightly rounded at the sides, granulate above, the base trun- 

 cate ; scutellum punctiform ; elytra moderately convex, nearly 

 twice as broad as the prothorax at the base, punctate-striate, 

 punctures aj^proximate ] teeth of the femora slender, curved. 



Naiqyactus simplex. 



N. obovatus, brunneus, squamulis pallidioribus subapproximatis 

 tcctus ; rostro antice excavato ; antennis elongatis ; tibiis anticis 

 intus denticulatis. Long, 3^ liu. 



Hab. Brazil. 



Obovate, everywhere reddish brown, covered with small 

 paler subapproximate scales ; rostrum broadly excavated 

 between the insertions of the antennae, the median impressed 

 line or canal extending to the back of the head ; eyes promi- 

 nent ; antennai ferruginous, slender, elongate ; scape extending 

 to behind the eye ; second joint of the funicle nearly twice as 

 long as the first ; prothorax above equal in length and breadth ; 

 scutellum triangular; elytra convex, seriate-punctate, punc- 

 tures distinct, subapproximate } intercoxal process broad, sub- 

 truncate. 



Allied to N. diirius [Sitona diirius, Germ.), but with a 

 much longer prothorax and a less delicate punctuation of 

 the elytra. 



Naupactus cJiloroplettrus. 



iV. niger, indumento brunneo tenuiter vestitus, lateribus laete argen- 

 teo-viridibus, supra setulis miiiutis adspersus ; rostrum curvatum, 

 postice capitequc profunde sulcatis. Long. 6 lin. 



J lab. Bahia. 



