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. γ 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.
PLATE XXXIV.
