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THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



Contributions towards a Knowledge of the Curculionidaa. 

 By Francis P. Pascoe, P.L.S., late Pres. Ent. Soc. 



Part ly. 



(Plates I., II, III., & IV.) 



[Eead June 19, 1873.] 



Rhinoscapha basilica. R. nigra, nitida, supra irregulariter gra- 



nulata, interspatiis plerumque squamulis viridescentibus repletis ; 



capite rostroque interrupte squamosis, hoc indistincte nigro-cariau- 



lato ; antennis gracillimis ; clava fusiformi ; prothorace in medio lon- 



gitudinaliter hneato, granuhs subplanatis, phirimis subcontiguis, in- 



structo ; elytris striato-punctatis, punctis elongatis, interstitiis impunc- 



tatis, granuhs depressis transversis obhquisque irregulariter notatis, 



vitta basali aliisque in lateribus et pone medium fascia obhque margi- 



nibusque glaucis, vel argenteo-viridibus, deeoratis; corpore infra pe- 



dibusque viridescentibus, vage nigro-punctatis. Long. 11 lin. 



Hab. Kaioa ; Gilolo ; Batchian ; Makian ; Ternate ; Morty ; Dorey. 



If I am right in associating many varieties together, this is a 



most inconstant species ; generally there are few or no traces of 



granules on the interstices of the elytra ; and these are mostly 



bare of scales, except when the stripes and band occur ; then the 



scales vary in colour from a nearly pure white to a rich metallic 



lilNN. JOUEK. — ZOOLOGY, VOL. XII. 1 



