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Show 1877.] FROM DUKE-OF-YORK ISLAND. 155 tioribus, grosse striato-punctatis, basi lateribus et apice viridi-argenteo maculatim squamosis, dorso utrinque maculis duabus rotundatis elevatis corallinis politis. Long. 7 lin. Closely allied to P. quadripustulatus (Gestro, Ann. Mus. Civ. di Genova, vii. p. 1008) from Geelvink Bay, New Guinea; agreeing with that species in the peculiar raised coral-like spots of the elytra. According to a coloured drawing which Dr. Gestro has kindly sent me, the two spots of each elytron in his species are much more widely distant than they are in P. verrucatus, the thorax is destitute of the dorsal line of scales, and the rounded patches of greenish-silvery scales which adorn the base, sides, and apex of our species are wanting. In his species the thorax is much broader in proportion to the elytra, and the elytra longer and less globose; but these may be distinctive of the sex of his specimen, doubtless a female. In P. verrucatus the lines of large punctures are interrupted and diverted near the site of the raised red spots. The rounded patches of scales consist of one on each side of the scutellum, a marginal row of five or six on each side, a submarginal row of three or four, and a vitta-formed one parallel to the suture near the apex. The meso- and metasternum are also adorned with patches of similarly-coloured scales. One example. EUPHOLUS BROWNI, n.sp. (Plate XXV. fig. 2.) Niger, rostro verticeque viridi-aureo squamosis; thorace dorso late sulcato, vittis quinque argenteo-viridi squamosis, una dorsali interrupta, alteris utrinque duabus lateralibus ; elytris basi planatis, postice gibbosis, grossissime punctato-sulcatis, fasciis et maculis argenteo-viridi squamosis, scilicet (I) juxta humeros maculis nonnullis parvis, (2) ante medium fascia maculari interrupta prope suturam valde antice curvata, (3) fascia pone medium maculari recta, et (4) vittis subapicalibus tribus prope suturam et marginem; pectore et abdomine lateribus leete aureo-viridi-squamoso maculatis. Long. 12 lin. Allied to Eu. amalice (Gestro, Ann. Mus. Civ. di Genova, vol. vii. p. 1004), from which it differs, according to a coloured drawing with which Dr. Gestro has favoured me, in the form and situation of the belts and vittte of silvery blue or green scales of the elytra. It is one of the most beautiful species of the genus. Eu. amalice was found at Sorong in N.W. New Guiuea. One example. EUPHOLUS, sp. Three specimens of an apparently variable species which cannot at present be determined. SPHENOPHORUS, sp. One example. There are also four other Curculionidse in the collection, obscure forms which cannot at present be named. |