176 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Neotropical Curculionidce. 



only quite at the end of the body that any tapering becomes 

 apparent, and the last ring does not extend onto the ventral 

 side. 



When this description is compared with the figure supplied 

 by Dr. Harley it is impossible to detect any difference ; that 

 learned naturalist does not state definitely whether the creature 

 is figured of its natural size (it there measures 68 millims.) ; 

 but we may trust Mr. Ford to have represented its general 

 proportions, and to have given exactly the number of its rings ; 

 these are nineteen in number, or exactly the same as in the 

 specimens sent by Mr. Dawes. The figures, then, given by 

 Dr. Harley being so completely recognizable, I have great 

 pleasure in applying to these creatures the name given in his 

 plate, and thereby to credit the British Museum with two 

 specimens of the species P.polyzonum, Harley. 



In conclusion, the discussion of the characters of these 

 two species seems to me to give a value to the number of the 

 rings which a less critical examination would hardly have 

 induced us to suspect. 



XXIV. — New Neotropical Curculionidce. — Part III. 

 By Francis P. Pascoe, F.L.S. &c. 



Ambatin^e. Peeidinetin^:. 



Ambates elegans. Peridinetus distinctus. 



cretifer. cretaceus. 



• cinctus. 



Pbionomerin^:. 



Themeropis divergens. Bahidiinje. 



Camptochirus ornatus. Glycaria, n. g. 



abstersus. tetrasticta. 



angustus. Anexantha, n. g. 



castanea. 



ZYGOPIN2E. Azygides, n. g. 



Mnemyne, n. g. stygius. 



viduata. Madarus crassirostris. 



Trypetiioe. 

 Trypetes politus. 



Ambates elegans. 



A. ellipticus, fuscus, supra utrinque linea flava marginali, elytrisque 

 maculis flavis, ornatus ; pedibus rufo-ferrugineis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Macas. 



Dark brown, with a line of pure yellow scales extending 

 from the rostrum, over the eye, and along the sides of the 

 prothorax and elytra, nearly meeting its fellow at the apex, 



