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short, and the fifth, sixth, and seventh scarcely longer than the 

 second), its extremely long, convex and arcuate rostrum (at least for 

 the Brachyderides) — with its nearly apical and excessively oblique 

 scrobs, and its small, sunken and oblique eyes (which are placed 

 altogether beloiv the upper surface of the forehead) — in conjunction 

 with its narrow, fusiform body, deeply sculptured, costate surface, 

 apically cleft elytra, and comparatively un dilated third tarsal -joint, 

 it presents a combination of features essentially its own. 



When viewed laterally, its small, oblique, subreniform, deeply 

 immersed eye, situated so much lower than the frontal (or rather 

 nasal) projection above it, added to the remarkable curvatiu'e of its 

 long and blunt rostrum — which is. bent downwards at the extreme 

 apex, comparatively straight along the middle, and suddenly humped 

 or rounded at the base, just before its junction with the forehead (a 

 structure, however, which is caused mainly by a transverse constric- 

 tion across the forehead itself) — have a most comical effect — pre- 

 senting a quaint analogy (in likeness) with the American Tapir 

 ( Tapirus terrestris), from which I have consequently borrowed its 

 specific name. 



Stenoiherivm Tapirus, n. sp. (Plate XI. fig. 4.) 



S. subfusiforme, angustum, squamulis fidvo-brunneis et albido-brunneis 

 densissime variegatum ; rostro creberrime pivnctato et punctis maximis 

 remotioribus longitudinaliter impresso caualicula lata dorsali (utrinque 

 costata) uotato ; prothorace valde iiuequali, irregulariter punctata, per 

 dorsum profuude necnon versus utmmque latus minus distincte longi- 

 tudinaliter sulcato ; elytris punctato-striatis, sutura interstitiisque al- 

 ternis valde elevatis ; antennis nigrescentibus, ad basin rufescentioribus. 



Long. corp. lin. 3. 



I could detect but a single example of this anomalous Curculio 

 amongst Mr. Bewicke's insects ; it is probably, therefore, rare. 



Fam. Chrysomelidae. 



Genus Chrtsomela. 



Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. edit. 1 (1735). 



Chrysomela nodidipennis, n. sp. 



C. ovalis, ochreo-castanea, subnitida ; capite minute punctato, antice 

 insequali impresso ; prothorace valde insequali; convexo, ad latera 

 rotundato anguste marginato, dorso leviter canaliculato necnon inter 

 dorsum et utrumque latus sulco profundo flexuoso lato (fortiter punc- 

 tato) utrinque impresso, in disco et versus latera necnon per lineam 

 basalem impressam fortiter el parce punctate ; elytris prothorace paulo 



