186 MR. p. p. PASCOE ON THE CURCULT0NI]),T5. 



MiTBEPiiORUS ALDIFRONS. M. oblon{2;us, cylindricus, fuscuSj dense 

 griseo-squamosiis ; capite antice niveo-squamoso ; antcnnis subtes- 

 taceis ; prothoiace apice ultra caput vix producto, squamis elongatis 

 sparse adspersis, in medio fasciculis duobus fuscis instructo ; scu- 

 tcllo concolori ; elytris striato-punetatis, intcvstitiis alternis elevatis, 

 squamis ereetis uniseriatim munitis ; pedibus rufo-brunncis, dense 

 squamosisj squamis ereetis interjectis. Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Brazil. 



M. WaterJiousei, the only other species, is a larger insect, and 

 covered with a very dense greyish criist. 



Perichius. 



'Rostrum robiistum, reticulato-punctatum, pnnctis sqiiamigeris, 

 apice paulo dilatatum ; scrohes subteriniualea, lateralcs. Scapus 

 compressus, ociilum attingens ; funiculus 1-articulatus, art. 

 primo longiore, secundo breviusculo ; clava anguste ovata, ad- 

 nata. Oculi grosse granulati. Frotliorax amplus, supra con- 



. vexuB, antice tubulatns, lobis ociilaribus angustia. Scutellum 

 nullum. Elytra late ovata, couvexa, humeria obaolctis. JPedcs 

 modice elongati ; femora sublinearia, mutica ; tibice flexuos£e, 

 a)quilata3 ; tarsi mediocres, art. tertio late bilobo. Mima pec- 

 toralis pone coxas anticas limitata, apice cavernosa*. Epi- 



. sterna metathoracis obtecta. Abdomen normale ; sutura prima 

 arcuato-angulata. 



Allied to the South-American genus Tylodes, Schou. (and in 

 habit like T. tuberculatus) , but diiferentiated by the aerobes, 

 sculpture of the rostrum, and form of the tibiaj. 



Perichius verrucosus. (PI. VIII. fig. 9.) P. ovatus, niger, ora- 

 nino sat dense ochraceo-squamosus, supra granulis nitidis setigeris 

 dispevsis ; rostro capite duplo longiore, fusco opaco, ad latera den- 

 sius squamoso, apice paulo spatulato ; anteimis ferrugineis, funiculo 

 baud pubescente, parce setoso, art. quinque ultimis subquadratis, 

 clava art. basali cseteris conjunctim longiore; jjrothorace ina;quali, 

 antice fortiter tubulato, utrinque ampliato-rotundato, basi angustiore, 

 parte anteriore baud granulato sed squamis elongatis sat dense ves- 

 tito ; elytris protborace basi baud latioribus, deinde paulo am- 

 pliatis, utrinque rotundatis, supra seriatim subfoveatis, interstitiis 

 granulatis, alternis interrupte elevatis, apice rotundatis ; pedibus sat 

 dense setosulis. Long. 5^ lin. 



Hob. Waigiou. 



* This term is intended to include that form of the pectoral canal in which 

 the apex is covered by the raised margin of the mesosternum, whether the niargin 

 bo vaulted or semicircular — the converse of when it is exposed (ajjcrfa). 



