Species of Rkynchophorous Coleoptera. 151 



Calvertius, gen. nov. (flt/lobiides, Lac). 



Kostrum cylindricum, modice elongatum ; antenna) maris fere ad 

 apicem, feminas bene aute medium, inserta) ; scapo elongato, 

 clava irregulari, ab articulo octo vix abrupte discreta. Scrobes 

 lata), laterales, anterius superne visibiles, posterius superne 

 occulta). Oculi sat magni, transversi, subtus paulo angustiores. 

 Tibia) anteriores subcornpressas, intus minute serrata) vel tuber- 

 culatse, ad apicem extus unco curvato armata). Metasternnm 

 modice elongatum. Coxa) anteriores parum prominulas, contigua) ; 

 prosternum anterius minus profunde emarginatum. Coxa) inter- 

 media) distantibus. Femora omnia baud clavata, fere simplices, 

 subtus tuberculo minuto munita. 



This insect is systematically closely allied to ITylobius, 

 though differing in numerous details of minor importance ; 

 the rostrum, however, is more elongate and cylindrical, the 

 antennas are differently inserted in the two sexes, the femora 

 are more linear, and the uncus of the front tibia is placed at 

 the outer angle and is not directed abruptly inwards. In the 

 form of the rostrum and front tibias Calvertius agrees better 

 with Ileiltpus, but from all the forms of that great but com- 

 posite genus it may be distinguished by the sublinear minutely 

 tuberculate femora, and by the insertion of the antennas being 

 different in the two sexes. 



Calvertius araucariie } sp. n. 



Suboblongus, nodulosus, rufo-niger, antennis nigris ; tborace in- 

 asquali, lateribus plus minusve lobato-dilatatis j elytris tubercnlis 

 rufis fere in seriebus obliquis dispositis. 



Long, absque rostro 15-18 millim. 



Hah. Chili; in Araucariam imbricatam ; cujus lignum 

 annosum larva destruit. 



Rostrum 4 or 5 millim. long, cylindrical, dull, much 

 punctured, of a piceous colour ; antennas inserted in the male 

 very near the tip, in the female about one third of the length 

 behind it ; eyes above rather widely separated, with a small 

 deep canaliculiform fovea between them. Thorax with the 

 surface very uneven, constricted near the front, and on each 

 side expanded ; there is a broad, vague, longitudinal impres- 

 sion along the middle near the base, this becomes furcate 

 about the middle, and on the middle of the front there is 

 another vague depression ; the elevated parts are irregularly 

 sculptured, almost as if corroded. The elytra are rather 



