CURCULIONID^. — NEDYUS. ^' 



Sp. 29. scutellatus. Ater, cinereo-squamosus, antennis pedibusque nigris, dytris 



immaculatis, sutures basi macula ohlongd alba. (Long. corp. I4 lin.) 

 Ne. scutellatus. Steph. Catal. 155. No. 1573. 



Black, covered with ashy scales, especially beneath : thorax with an obsolete 

 dorsal impression, the sides obscurely unituberculate : elytra faintly striateil, 

 immaculate, the suture with an oblong ivhite spot at the base, the middle and 

 apex concolorous with the disc : antennce, legs, and tarsi black. 



I possess a single example of this very distinct species, which I 

 captured myself at Ripley in 1827. 



Sp. 30. uniguttatus. Cinerascenti-squamosus, elytris cano-nebulosis, maculd 



communi nigricanti, tarsis rufescentibus. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Cu. uniguttatus. Marsham, i. 283. 



Black, beneath entirely clothed with hoary scales : thorax cinerascent, with an 

 obscure dorsal line, the sides with an obtuse tubercle; elytra striated, clouded 

 with ashy-broiun and hoary, with a fuscous spot in the middle of the suture: 

 the four anterior tibia: and all the tarsi rufescenf. 



Omitted by accident in my Catalogue, and as a matter of course in the piracy. 



Apparently rare : my specimen I obtained from the Marshamian 

 cabinet. 



tSp. 31. Crux. Ater, thorace punctis duobus baseos, elytris suturfi punctisque 



sparsis albis. (Long. corp. 1 Hn.) 

 Rhy. Crux. Fahricius.—Ne. Crux. Steph. Catal. 155. Ao. 1575. 



Black; beneath whitish: thorax rounded, obsoletely bituberculated, ivith an 

 oblong white spot on each side at the base : elytra striated, -with the suture at 

 the base, and several scattered spots on the disc white : legs black. 



A single example of this pretty insect is in the collection at the 

 British Museum. 



Sp. 32. Asperifoliarum. Niger, subdepressus, subtus albo-squamosus, antennis 

 tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis, thorace submutico, elytris maculis quatuor albo- 

 squamosis. (Long. corp. l^lin.) 



Cr. Asperifoliarum. Kirby MSS.—Ne. Asperifoliarum. Steph. Catal. 155. 

 No. 1576. 



Black, somewhat depressed ; beneath densely clothed with white scales : thorax 

 short, the lateral margins rounded, scarcely tuberculate : elytra finely striated, 

 black, with a common white obcordate spot towards the base of the suture, a 

 second near the apex, and a lunate one towards the margin on each side: legs 

 elongate, femora black, with a small tooth : tibia; and tarsi ferruginous : 

 antennoE ferruginous, \n\h the club dusky. 



