CALANDRA SERRIROSTRIS [female]? Obscura rufa; thorace lineis duabus
magnis dorsalibus, elytris substriatis. (Long. Corp. rostro incl. 2 unc.
6 lin.)
SYN. Calandra serrirostris [male]? _Fabr. Syst. Eleuth._ 2. 429. _Oliv.
Ins._ 83. _tab._ 17. _f._ 211.
Curculio longipes, _Drury, Append. vol._ 2. (nec. _Fabr. Syst._ Ent. 2.
395.)
HABITAT: Island of Johanna, near Madagascar.
General colour dark red brown. Head as long as the thorax, terminating in
a slender beak, three-fourths of an inch long. Antennæ apparently
8-jointed, that next the head being nearly as long as all the rest.
Thorax marked longitudinally, with four black stripes or bars. Scutellum
very narrow and triangular. Elytra marked longitudinally with several
black narrow striæ, and are shorter than the abdomen. Legs very long,
especially the anterior pair. Tibiæ with sharp hook-like spurs, those of
the fore-legs being longer than the rest.
The insect described by Fabricius under the name adopted above is
distinguished from that here figured, by having the "Rostrum porrectum,
rectum, dorso apice serratum, dente elevato compresso." Its habitat is also
distinct, being from Java. It may possibly be a male, and that figured by
Drury a female.
{65}PREPODES? CAMELEON var.
Plate XXXIII. fig. 4.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Rhyncophora. FAMILY: Curculionidæ, SUBFAMILY:
Brachyderides.
GENUS. PREPODES, _Sch_.? Chlorima, _Dej._ Curculio p. _Drury_.
PREPODES? CAMELEON, VAR. Obscure aureo-cupreus, elytris striatis. (Long.
Corp. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)
SYN. Prepodes? Cameleon, _Sch. Syn. Ins. Curc._ 2. 18. 4. var. [Greek:
b]. _Fabr. Syst. El._ 2. 532. 147. (Curcul. c.) _Herbst. Col._ vi. _p._
115. _No._ 77. _t._ 67. _f._ 8.
Curculio rufescens, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _Herbst. Col. t._ 67. _f._ 9.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
General colour dull golden copper. Head as long as the thorax, resembling
a beak. Scutellum very small. Elytra slightly striated, terminating at
their extremities like the end of a boat. Tibiæ slightly hairy.
PREPODES? CAMELEON var.
Plate XXXIII. fig. 5.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Rhyncophora. FAMILY: Curculionidæ. SUBFAMILY:
Brachyderides.
GENUS. PREPODES, _Sch._? Chlorima, _Dej._ Curculio p. _Drury_.
PREPODES? CAMELEON VAR. Capite thoraceque nigris, hoc subtus
aureo-viridi, elytris nigris suturâ punctisque aureo-viridibus. (Long.
Corp. 1 unc. 1 lin.)
SYN. Prepodes? Cameleon, _Schon. loc. cit. supr._ var. [Greek: g] _Fabr.
Syst. El._ 2. 532. 147. (Curcul. c.) _Herbst. Col._ vi. _p._ 115. _No._
77. _t._ 67. _f._ 8.
Curculio similis, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _Herbst. Col. t._ 67. _f._ 10.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
Head black, and long, resembling a beak. Thorax black at top, but
underneath of a fine golden green. Scutellum very small. Elytra black,
speckled with golden green. Suture golden green. Abdomen black, the sides
golden green. Legs black. Thighs plain and smooth.