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the striae had a tendency to run two and two together. It must 

 have been a larger insect than any of the others we have, and more 

 probably Buprestidous than anything else. 



No. 5 (Curcidionidce— Meristos ffunteri, Murray) (PI. X. fig. 67). 

 — A beautifully preserved small abdomen, and a slight view of the 

 margin of the elytron. The legs are wanting ; but the cavity for the 

 joint of the posterior legs remains, showing their position. The abdo- 

 minal segments are five — two broad ones at the base, two narrow 

 ones towards the apex, and a broad apical one, each lower than the 

 preceding segment. The texture has been hard, and probably not 

 pubescent ; and the surface is coarsely punctured. The elytra seem 

 round, and are coarsely punctate- striate. 



Some of the recent Curculionidce have very nearly this arrange- 

 ment of the abdominal segments (Cherrus, an Australian genus, for 

 instance) ; and after a careful review of the different characters in 

 different tribes, I have come to the conclusion that this is a Curculio, 

 though to what family it should be referred I do not pretend to say : 

 still, as it is distinct, I have proposed the generic name Meristos for 

 it, alluding to its divisions, and the specific name ffunteri, in honour 

 of Mr. Hunter. 



Length, 1^ lin. ; breadth, | lin. 



No. 6 (Curculionidce).- — A single elytron, either curved out of shape 

 or singularly bent in at the scutellum, slightly costate, but appa- 

 rently not punctured. 



Length of elytron, 2\ lin. ; breadth, 1 lin. 



No. 7 (Curculionidce). — A small, straight, narrow elytron, deeply 

 punctate -striate ; the striae geminate, and the third and fourth united 

 near the apex. Has some resemblance to the form of the elytra on 

 the Phyllobiidae (of which, one genus, the Myllocerus, is East Indian 

 at the present day), but was apparently of a harder consistence. 



Length of elytron, 1 lin. ; breadth, | lin. 



No. 8 (Curcidionidce). — A single elytron of an insect, apparently 

 allied to Myllocerus, punctate-striate, the interior striae appearing to 

 unite with the opposing striae towards the apex. The texture would 

 appear not to have been very hard. 



Length of elytron, 3 lin. ; breadth, 1 lin. 



No. 9 (Curculionidce). — A single elytron, apparently belonging to 

 the same group, punctate-striate ; the interstices are slightly raised, 

 and a delicately punctured line runs down them, so that it gives the 

 elytron the appearance of having each stria separated by two deli- 

 cate costae. 



Length, 2\ lin. ; breadth, | lin. ' -■-./■ 



No. 10 (Curcidionidce). — Portion of "a single crushed elytron, appa- 

 rently belonging to the same group, punctate-striate, the striae 

 joining the opposing ones at the apex,— viz. the outmost joining the 

 sutural stria, the second joining the second outmost, and so on. 



Length of elytron, probably 3 lin. ; breadth, h lin. 



No. 11 (Curculionidce). — A fragment of a small elytron, pretty 



