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MB. F. P. PASCOE ON THE CTJRCULIONID^. 



Cherrus punctipennis. C. oblongo-ovatus, niger, subtiliter silaceo 

 squamosus, infra pedibusque raagis griseo-squamosis ; capite et protho- 

 race squamis subtilissimis aliisque majoribus irroratis, fronte punctis 

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

 prothorace leviter transverso, basi parum incurvo, lobis ocularibus 

 magis distinctis, supra modice convexo, granulis exiguis numerosis 

 mamilliformibus setigeris munito ; elytris subovatis, prothorace basi 

 angustioribus, in medio eequalibus, supra seriatim fortiter punctatis, 

 punctis profunde impressis, singulis squamam minusculam gerentibus ; 

 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 

 transverso, 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 anticis art. secundo sequilato-triangulari. Long. 9 lin. 



Hab. King George's Sound. 



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

 Cherrus, differentiated by their round, not ovate, ejes, the nearly- 

 obsolete ocular lobes, and the upper surface without tubercles 

 and costse. 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 fimbriatus. E. oblongus, ovatus, niger, squamositate 

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

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

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

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

 sulcato-punctatis, 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 setulosis. 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- 



