46 MB. F. P. PA8C0E ON THE CUROULIONID^. 



of the last abdominal segment in my specimen, which may perhaps 

 be sexual ; there is also a slightly elevated longitudinal line on the 

 metasternum. 



Bbephiope. 



(Isorhy nchinse . ) 



Bostrum subtenuatum, apicem versus latius ; scrohes submedianse. 

 OcuU subovati, antice supra paulo approximati, fortiter granu- 

 lati. Scapus oculum baud attingens ; funiculus 7-articulatus, 

 articulo primo crassiore, cseteris a secundo gradatim latioribus ; 

 clava ovata, distincta. Frothorax transversus, conicus, basi bi- 

 sinuatus. Scittellum distinctum. Elytra obovata, basi protho- 

 race parum latiora, humeris obsoletis. Rima pectoralis inter, 

 coxas intermedias terminata, apice paulo cavernosa. Femora 

 sublinearia, infra canaliculata et dente minuto instructa ; tibice 

 compressae, arcuatae ; tarsi normales. Abdomen segmento se- 

 cundo quam tertio manifesto longiore, segmentis intermediis ad 

 latera baud arcuatis. 



The second abdominal segment is intermediate in length be- 

 tween the two extreme forms in the species serving as the type of 

 of this genus ; here, therefore, it is probably only a transitional or 

 specific character. The affinities of the genus are not very ob- 

 vious ; and it is possible a better place may be found for it. 



Brephiope castanea. B. rufo- vel aliquando fusco-castanea, nitida ; 

 rostro prothorace paulo longiore ; funiculo articulis quinque ultimis 

 valde transversis ; oculis nigris ; prothoi-ace subreticulatim punctate ; 

 elytris ante medium latioribus, suleatis, sulcis in distincta lineatim 

 punctatis, interstitiis planatis, uniseriatim subtilissime punctulatis, 

 singulis in medio squamulis oblongis niveis condensatis maculatis ; 

 corpore infra sparse punctulato, segmentis tertio quartoque abdominis 

 punctis majusculis in serie unica transversim dispositis ; femoribus 

 punctatis, punctis singulis squamulis albis repletis. Long. If lin. 



Hab. Sula : Ceram. 



Metetea. 

 (Isorhynchinae.) 



Bostrum parum incrassatum, apicem versus sensim latius. Rima 

 pectoralis lata, profunda, postice in mesosteruo bene limitata. 



