4 Mil. y. r. PAscoE ox the curculionib.t;. 



may be distinguislied by the preseuce of a smooth black line run- 

 ning down the convexity lying between the median and outer 

 sulcus of the rostrum (the presence of the latter is one of the 

 generic characters of Rhinoscapha), and by the raised line on the 

 prothorax, both wantiug in the present species. 



Rhinoscapha verrucosa. (PI. I. fig. 2.) R. nigra, argenteo-cervino- 

 vel argenteo-viridi-squarnosa ; capite jjedibusque CEcruleis vel albidis, 

 rostro in medio nigro-cai'inato ; autennis dense cBeruleo-squamosis ; 

 scapo arcuato ; clava iufuscata, pubescente ; prothorace utrinque mo- 

 dice rotundato, basi apiceque fere sequalibus ; supra nigro granulato, 

 in medio linea eleviita nigra; scutello oblongo ; elytris sulcato- 

 punctatis, punctis densissime squamosis, interstitiis convexis, granulis 

 oblongis nitide iiigris irregularibus maculatis ; j)edibiis setigero- 

 pnnctatis. Long. 8-10 lin. (rost. ircl.). 

 Hab. Matabello; Goram; Bouru ; Araboyna ; Sula ; Java. 

 The colour varies from an opake pale greyish white to silver- 

 fawn and silver-greenish ; but in all the elytra are beautifully 

 spotted with glossy black irregularly formed granules. It may 

 possibly be Curculio o?2u"c^m5, Wiedem. 



Rhinoscapha sellata. (PI. I. fig. 3.) R. nigra, squamulisalbis, supra 

 interruptis. omnino dense tecta ; anteiuiis minus gracillimis, dense albo- 

 squamosis ; clava attenuata, basi hand pedunculata, diraidio apicali 

 nigro; prothorace subreticulato-tuberculato, pon^ apicem excavato, 

 tuberculis plus minusve conspicuis nitide nigris ; elytris striato-punc- 

 tatis, punctis angustis, elongatis, interstitiis convexis, m medio pone 

 scutellum et pone medium ad latera protensis liueis tuberculiformibus 

 transversis, nitide nigris instructis. Long. 6^-10 lin. (rost. inch). 

 Hab. Batchian. 



Of this species I have five examples, all easily distinguishable 

 by the short raised bars across the interstices confined to a large 

 patch behind the scutellum and which spreads out to the sides 

 behind the middle, the hollows formed by the bars being filled in 

 with white scales, giviug the spotted appearance as seen in the 

 Plate. 



Rhinoscapha stolifera. R. nigra, squamulis ochraceo-griseseen- 

 tibus, albido variis, dense tecta ; antennis minus gracillimis ; clava 

 ovali, basi haud pedunculata, fere nigra ; prothorace irregulariter 

 foveato, maculis nitide nigris minutis adsperso, in medio longitudina- 

 liter sulcato; elytris striato-punctatis, ])unctis elongatis, interstitiis 

 carinatis, in medio a basi usque ad paulo pone medium tum ad latera 

 protensis, interstitiis nitide nigro flexuoso-culminatis, colore etiam 

 saturate ochraceo ; corpore infra albido -squamoso, lateribus sternorum 



