178 MB. F. P. PASCOE ON THE CURCULIONIDJE. 



latter, in repose, lying between the coxae. The claws seem to be 

 slightly united at the base. 



EcTYHSUs viLLOsus. (PI. VII. fig. 6.) E. niger, nitidus, pilis 

 longissimis erectis albidis, nigris intcrmixtis, sat dense vestitus ; rostro 

 protliorace paulo longiore, lateraliter sulcato; antennis flavidis; fu- 

 iiiculo art. basali quatuor seqiicntibus simul sumptis longitudine 

 ajquali ; prothorace pone medium paulo angustiore ; scutello obtecto ; 

 • elytris foititer sulcato-punctatis, interstitiis latis j corpore infra fe- 

 moribus tibiisque anticis nigris nitidis, reliquis tibiarum tarsisque licte 

 flavidis. Long. If lin. 



Hab. Brazil (Rio). 



Omphasus. 



(Prionomerinae.) 



Caput exsertum, subporrectum. Rostrum validiusculum, subcy- 

 lindricum, panic arcuatum ; scrohes preemedianae, obliqnaj. OcuU 

 parvi, rotundati, hand approximati. Antennce tenues ; scapo 

 sensim incrassato, oculum hand attingente; funiculo sexarti- 

 culato, art. duobus basalibus breviter obconicis, prime cras- 

 siore, cseteris transversis ; clava ovata adnata. ProtJiorax svib- 

 conicus, antice truncatus, basi bisinuatus. Scutellum parvum. 

 JSlytra oblonga, modice convexa, singulo basi sinuate, humeris 

 calloso-retuudatis. JPi/gidium obtectum. Fedes validi, antici 

 majerca ; femora iucrassata, subtus dentata ; tihicB autica) ar- 

 cuatflD, apice extus unco valido armata) ; tilicB intermedia) et 

 posticse reetse, illse uncinatse ; tarsi art. basali elongato-trian- 

 gulari, secunde parve transverse, tertio peramplo, profunde 

 bilebe, ultimo elongate ; ungiticuli liberi, singulo donte trian- 

 gulari munite. Metasternum sat elongatum. Epimera meta- 

 thoracis angusta. Abdomen segmentis subajqualibus, tribua iu- 

 termediis ad latera angulatis. 



The genera of the PrionomerincB have hitherto been supposed 

 to be confined to America; but this genus, and the following, 

 discovered by Mr. Wallace, rendered it probable that many more 

 species may yet be found in the Malayan archipelago. It is 

 differentiated from the ordinary members of the subfamily in its 

 nearly porrect head, the oblique scrobes, the six -jointed funicle, 

 and the non-approximation of the eyes ; in habit it is like seme 

 s^eciQ^ of Magdalis, Germ. (The artist has unfortunately drawn 

 the outline of the head in a vertical position.) 



Omphasus ^ratus. (PI. VII. fig. 12.) O. oblongus, fusco-ajneus. 



