466 MR. F. p. PASCOE ON THE CURCULIONIDiE. 



distinctive of this species, whicli was found by Mr. Du Boulay 

 in the country between Freemantle and King Greorge's Sound, 

 on gum-trees {Eucalypti). 



Guioi'ERUS vARioLOSUS. (PI. XVIII. fig. 2.) G. late ovatus, gra- 

 nulis atris creberrime tectus, interstitiis albo-squamosis ; rostro 

 dimidio apicali nigro, denudato, basi et capite albo-squamosis ; pro- 

 thorace in medio linea angustata nigra, granulis irregulariter dis- 

 persis; scutello rotundato, basi emarginato, squamis elongatis erectis, 

 pallide ochraceis, dcnsissime vestito ; elytris granulis majoribus, sub- 

 seriatim sed crebre dispositis ; infra pedibusque dense albido-squa- 

 mosis. Long. 8 lin. 



llab. Columbia. 



This line species is the only one hitherto described with a white 

 scntolliun. 



V GuioPERus SUBPALLIA.TUS. G. obovatus, fulvo-griseo-squamosus ; 

 rostro fere denudato, nigro ; prothorace remote granulato ; scutello 

 nigro-velutino, rotundato; elytris regione suturali lateribusque sqiia- 

 mosis, his seriatim punctatis, et interstitiis granulis nigris minutis 

 munitis, in elytro singulo vitta lata mediana, basi convexa, fusca, 

 denudata, seriatim foveata ; infra pedibusque squamis pallide fusce- 

 scentibus, teetis. Long. 6 lin. 

 Hab. Cayenne. 



Approaches O. Gerstaecheri, Jekel, but is a little smaller, and 

 has the brown stripes on the elytra free from scales, the granules 

 being replaced by large fovea), 



NrXliTKS. 



(Scolopterinte.) 



Antennce scapo oculum superante ; funiculo G-articulato, art. tribus 

 basalibus elongatis, primo longiore, tribus ultimis turbiuatis ; 

 clava oblonga. Protliorax conicus. Elytra prothoracis basi 

 vix latiora, humeris nullis. Unguiculi tarsorum appendiculati. 

 Csetera ut in Scoloptero*. 



This genus is proposed for Curculio hidens, Pab., an insect un- 

 known to Schonherr, but which Mr. White referred to Scolopterus. 

 M. Lacordaire, whom nothing escapes, has pointed out the error. 

 As will be seen, its differential characters are very decisive. It is 

 a rare and remarkable New-Zealand insect, and apparently has 

 not been found for many years. 



* White, Voy. Erebus and Terror, Ins. p. 15. For a figure of Nyxetes bidens 

 .see pi. 3. fig. 12 of the same work. 



