MR. F. P. PASCOE ON THE CURCTJLTONID.T;. 471 



brevissimutn. Ahdomen segmento secuudo duobus sequei\tibiis 



breviore. 



The habit of this genus is more like that oi Strophosomus than of 

 CneorJmius, to which, on account of its cavernous corbels, it must 

 be considered more nearly allied. 



CEnassus skllu'EU. (PI. XVIII. fig. 12.) CE. modice ovatus, 

 squamulis griseo-viridibus, aureis sparse intermixtis, tectus ; capite 

 rostroque in medio canaliculatis, hoc plaga elongato-triangulari pra;- 

 dito ; ocidis valde prominulis ; prothorace capite baud latiore ; scn- 

 tello cordiformi, nudo, nigro-nitido ; elytris breviter ovatis, seriatim 

 punctatis, medio macula magna fusco-cervina trapezoidal! ornatis ; 

 corpore infra pedibusque viridescenti-squamulosis, his setis atris in- 

 terjectis. Long. 5 lin., rost. incl. 



Hab. Old Calabar. 



Elytrurus caudatus. (PI. XVIII. fig. 5.) E. subellipticus, squa- 

 mulis aureo-griseis tectus ; capite baud canaliculato ; prothorace mo- 

 dice convexo, sat confertim granulate ; scutello minuto, distincto ; 

 elytris planatis, lateribus antice rotundatis, i)one mediiun emargi- 

 natis, deinde cauda elongato-triangulari productis ; abdomine sub- 

 nudo, medio leviter excavato ; pedibus squamulis griscis pilisque in- 

 termixtis. Long. 6^ lin. 

 Hab. Fiji. 



A very distinct species, approaching U. marginatus, Saund. and 

 .Tek., but at once differentiated by the peculiar shape of the 

 elytra. It has been denied that JS. marginatus has a scutellum ; 

 but although small, it is very manifest, as it is also in every other 

 species that I have examined, except E. Lapeyrousii, in which 

 it is not so evident. The genus appears to be confined to the 

 Fiji Islands and the New Hebrides. 



Zephhtne. 



(Rhyparosominae.) 



Caput exsertum, antice late planatum, supra oculos elevatum. 

 Rostrum capite sensim angustius, brevius, supra gibboso-ar- 

 cuatum, apice integro ; scrohes obliquse, infra oculos desinentes. 

 Oculi oblongo-ovales. Antennce subapicales ; scapo sensim in- 

 crassato, oculum attingente ; funiculo 7-articulato, art. primo 

 valido, clavato, secundo paulo breviore, cseteris turbinatis, paulo 

 crassioribus ; clava distincta, breviter ovata. Frothorax cylin- 

 dricus, inajquatus, lobis ocularibus obsoletis. Scutellum di- 

 stinctmn. Elytra subquadrata, prothorace muUo laliora, hu- 



