158 ME. T. P. PASCOB ON THE CUBCULIONIDiE. 



Cherhus puNCTiPENNis. C. oblongo-ovatus, niger, subtiliter silaceo 

 squaraosus, infra pedibusque magis griseo-squamosis ; capite et protho- 

 race squamis subtilissimis aliisque majoribus irroratis, fronte punctis 

 nudis maculata; funiculo art, basali secundo plus duplo longiore; 

 prothorace leviter transverse, basi parum incurvo, lobis ocularibus 

 magis distinctis, supra raodice convexo, granulis exiguis numerosis 

 mamilliformibus setigeris niunito ; elytris subovatis, prothorace basi 

 angustioribus, in medio sequalibus, supra seriatim fortiter'punctatis, 

 punctis profunde impressis, singulis squamam minusculam gerentibus j 

 tarsis art. secundo late triangulari. Long. 7 lin. 



Hab. Swan River (Albany). 



Cherrus Mastersii. (PI. VI. fig. 9.) C. oblongus, niger, omnino 

 subtiliter sat dense isabellino-squamosus ; rostro basi tricarinulato, 

 funiculo art. basali secundo fere triplo longiore ; prothorace modice 

 transverse, valde dilatato, basi paulo incurvato, lobis ocularibus ob- 

 tusis, supra parum convexo, granulis numerosis mamilliformibus 

 setigeris munito, interspationibus solis vage squamosis ; elytris ovatis, 

 prothorace angustioribus, tenuiter striato-punctatis, punctis parvis 

 subremotis, singulis squamam majorem gerentibus, interstitiis latis,pla- 

 natis ; tarsis auticis art. secundo sequilato-triangulari. Long. 9 lin. 

 Hab. King George's Sound. 



These three species, with G. vestitus, form a distinct section of 

 Cherrus, differentiated by their round, not ovate, eyes, tlie nearly 

 obsolete ocular lobes, and the upper surface without tubercles 

 and costa). "With regard to the lobes, their disappearance will 

 probably be found to be gradual ; otherwise, or perhaps as it is, 

 they might be generically separated. 



Episomus FIMDUIA.TUS. E. oblongus, ovatus, niger, squamositate 

 vinaceo-grisea dense tectus ; rostro crasso, trisulcato, sulcis laterali- 

 bus tenuiter impressis; funiculo brevi, articulo ultimo valde trans- 

 verso j prothorace oblongo, subcylindrico, rugoso, in medio fortiter 

 sulcato; elytris valde convexis, postice ampliatis, humeris obliquis, 

 sulcato-punctatts, punctis profundis, remotis, interstitiis latis, elevatis, 

 maculis magnis duabus, una basali, altera apicali, fasciaque lata pone 

 medium late fuscis viridulo-marginatis ornatis, ad latera circa puncta 

 aureo-lavatis ; corpore infra pedibusque vinaceo-griseo-squamosis, his 

 breviter sctulosis. Long. 8 lin. 

 Hab. Sarawak. 



This is the only species from Borneo in Mr. Wallace's collec- 

 tion, and will be at once distinguished by its broad brown band 

 and apical spot finely edged with pale green. 



Episomus turritus. E. subovalis, niger, ubique dense griseo-squa- 

 mosus ; rostro crasso, latitudine fere sesquilongiore, trisulcato ; funi- 



