OOU Mr. PAscoii's descrijftions of Curculiouida'. 



I'oropteiiis lemur. 



P. ellipticus, niger, opacus, supra leviter granulatus, iiiler- 

 stitiis squamulis pallidis instriictis; prothorace apice producto, 

 iutegro ; elytris postice abrupte declivis, bigibbosis, apice seipso 

 rotundato. Long. 4| lin. 



Hab, Port Bowen. 



Elliptic, black, opaque, finely granulated above, tlie intervals 

 with minute browDish dispersed scales; rostrum moderately long, 

 coarsely jjunctured, punctures crowded at the tip ; antenna- 

 ferruginous, second joint of the funicle a little longer than the 

 first; prothorax about equal in length and breadth, incurved 

 anteriorly at the sides, the apex projecting, entire, impunctate, 

 granules flattish on the disc, smaller and more numerous at the 

 sides, many of them with a small glossy spot in the centre; 

 elytra half as long again as broad, not prominent at the 

 shoulders, abruptly declivous behind, each elytron with a 

 stout compressed gibbosity behind ; two basal abdominal seg- 

 ments very large, the third and fourth very short. 



This species is somewhat like P. foveipeunis, which, infer 

 alia, has a smooth punctured prothorax and non-gibbous elytra. 



I'AXTOXVSTUS. 



Jtostrum sat robustum, cylindriciim. Antenmr normales. 

 Oculi rotundati, infra remoti. Protliorax conicus, lobis oculari- 

 bus nuUis. Elytra siibcordata. jirothorace latiora, humeris 

 rotundatis. Riiaa pectorahs obsoleta. Coxa' antica* sub- 

 approximatcB Femora infra dentata, hand canaliculata ; tibia! 

 unguiculatie ; ungues appendiculati. Abdomen segmentis duobus 

 basalibus ampliatis. 



The type of this genus is Cleogonus rubricollis, Bois., a New 

 Guinea species. The ordinary Brazilian forms of Cleogbuvx 

 have oblong-ovate eyes nearly contiguous beneath, the prothorax 

 Avith ocular lobes, a deep pectoral canal, femora channeled 

 beneath, and the tibia; with a short rnucro only; these characters 

 are all opposed to those given i)l)ove. 



Cliirozetes irisiguis. 



C. ( $ ) f us-us, interrupte fulvo-S(juamosus; pedibus, prasertim 

 anticis, elongntis ; tarsis anticis articulo primo qnam ca^teris 



