302 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse on some new Coleoptera of original specimens, or in furnishing me with information upon the distribution or location of species. ^ ^< * [The length to which the list extends of British and Foreign Na-turalists to whom Prof. Agassiz expresses his obligations, precludes our giving it insertion. — Edit.] Neuchatel, July 1841. XXXV. — Descriptions of new species of Coleopterous Insects belonging to the Genus K^ocyYin^, collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., in the Philippine Islands. By G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., Assistant Secretary and Curator to the Zoological Society. Order COLEOFl^ERA. Sect. CURCULIONIDES. Div. Pachyrhynchides, Scho. Genus Apocyrtus, Erichson. Apocyrtus Schcenherri. Ap. niger ; capite nota inter oculos et utrinque infra oculos ; thorace not^ transversa antica, maculisque duabus lateralibus et superioribus, necnon elytris macuHs viginti-duabus, splendide cupreis, vel aureo-cupreis ; rostro rugoso-punctato ad basin transversim impresso, capite et rostro canaliculo longitudinali impressis ; thorace crebre punctato ; elytris globoso-ovatis fere dupld thorace latioribus, distincte punctatis, punctis in striis irregu-laribus dispositis. Long. corp. 8^ lin. ; lat. 3|-lin. This is the largest species of the genus I am acquainted with ; its elytra are less globose, and the thorax is larger in proportion to the elytra than in Ap. infiatus : the beautiful metallic spots with which it is adorned vary somewhat in hue, being in some specimens of a red-dish golden tint, and in others of a copper colour. The rostrum is thickly punctured, and the punctures are more or less confluent ; a transverse indented line separates the rostrum from the head, and a longitudinal impression runs from this line towards the fore-part of the rostrum, becoming gradually broader in front and terminating in a line with the insertion of the antennae. The headsis rather spa-ringly punctured ; between the eyes is a small metalhc spot (in some specimens wanting), and beneath the eye is an oblique mark formed of brilhant scales. The thorax is very nearly equal in length and breadth, subglobose, and truncated before and behind ; on the ante-rior margin is a transverse mark, about midway between the ante-terior and posterior margins ; and towards the side of the thorax is a round spot, and just above the insertion of the femur is a broad oblong mark formed of brilliant scales ; the surface of the thorax is rather coarsely punctured, and the punctures are many of them con-fluent. The elytra are more than one-third broader than the thorax — sometimes nearly twice as broad — about one-third broader than long, ovate and very convex ; they are punctured, and the punctures
XXXV.—Descriptions of new species of Coleopterous Insects belonging to the Genus Apocyrtus, collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., in the Philippine Islands
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