208 ME., r. p. PASCOE ON THE CUROULIONIDJE. 



finely speckled appearance to the upper parts,or rather to the 

 elytra. 



Syrichius dissipatus. S. niger, supra squamis silaceo-griseis fuscis- 

 que plagiatim vestitus ; capite griseo, antice plagam maguam fuscam 

 includente, margine inferiore granulato ; rostro piceo j antennis sub- 

 ferrugineis ; prothoiace griseo, fusco-plagiato, prsesertim plagis duabus 

 anticis magis distinctis, postice lateribusque rude punctate et irregu- 

 lariter granulato; scutello postice latiore; elytris profunda striatis, 

 interstitiis latis, convexis, granulis minusculis baud approximatis uni- 

 seriatim instructis, basi medioque fuscescenti-plagiatis ; corpore infra 

 pedibusque sordide griseo-squamosis, femoribus tibiisque fusco-lavatis. 

 Long. 5 lin. 

 Hub. Morty. 



Differs, inter alia, from the last in the distribution of the gra- 

 nules, which are smaller and more distant on the elytra, and in- 

 terrupted by a narrow band just before the middle of the pro- 

 fchorax. 



SYBicnius FiioNTALis. S. nigcr, dense squaniosus, concinnc varie- 

 gatus; capite silaceo-squamoso, antice plaga albida ornato; rostro 

 ferrugineo ; prothorace granulis minusculis vage nnmito, albido-squa- 

 moso, basi praecipue silaceo-lavato ; elytris totis squamis albidis silaceo 

 variis tectis, striatis, interstitiis acute costatis, summa costarum granulis 

 parvis uniseriatim remote dispositis ; corpore infra pedibusque griseo- 

 squamosis ; femoribus granulis minutis dispersis. Long. 4^ lin. 

 Hab. Bouru; Ceram. 



A prettily variegated species ; the grooves of the elytra marked 

 by a very narrow black line. 



Syrichius pboletarius. S. latior, niger, omnino griseo-squamosus ; 

 capite inter oculos paulo excavato ; rostro ferrugineo, breviore, di- 

 midio apicali remote subtiliter punctato ; antennis subtestaeeis ; pro- 

 thorace baud granulato, valde transverso, apice manifesto tubulate, 

 squamis in medio depressis, apice liberis; elytris striato-punctatis, 

 punctis unisquamigeris, interstitiis elevatis, rugoso-granulatis ; corpore 

 infra squamis ut in prothorace. Long. 3^ lin. 

 Hab. Matabello; Gilelo. 



A broader species than any of the preceding, the elytra but very 

 slightly narrower at the base, the scales on the prothorax and on 

 the underparts somewhat foliaceous, free at the apex, a longitu- 

 dinal depression, short in the middle, corresponding to the midrib 

 of the leaf. 



Syrichius servulus. S. prsecedenti affinis, sed prothorace vage gra- 

 nulato, squamis nermalibusj elytris minus cordatis, punctis striarum 



