ANTHONOMUS. 
Species (no. 24) of very small size, oblong-ovate, rather depressed 
form, black, shining, pubescent, the pubescence condensed on 
the scutellum and on each shoulder, with short antenne and 
rostrum, a stout antennal club, and feebly unidentate anterior 
femora; general facies like that of various small Baris . 
Species (nos. 25, 26) of subovate form, shining, with the prothorax 
and elytra violaceous or blue, the latter glabrous and faintly 
striate, the sutural stria only deeply impressed. . . . . 
Species (nos. 27, 28) of subovate or oblong form, shining, with 
coarsely punctate-striate, glabrous, blue elytra, the head and 
prothorax rufous or black . a ree 
Species (no. 29) of ovate form and zneo-piceous colour, with a 
dense scutellar patch of white pubescence, the rest of the upper 
surface bare, the scrobes descending to beneath the eyes 
Species (no. 80) of ovate form, black and opaque, with a very rugose 
prothorax, the elytra with a few small widely scattered spots 
of coarse whitish scales, the rostrum long, the eyes very 
prominent . . se 8 . . . 
Species (no. 31) of subovate form, piceous and shining, glabrous 
above, the head very coarsely punctured, the rostrum unusually 
stout and curved, the scrobes descending to beneath the eyes, 
the funiculus widening outwards . 
Species (nos. 32, 33) of ovate form, black, densely clothed with blue 
or bluish-white scales, the rostrum long and slender, the head 
slightly constricted behind the prominent eyes, all the femora 
strongly clavate and unidentate, the legs partly or almost 
entirely ferruginous . 
Species (no. 34) of oblong form, shining, black, with the elytra partly 
red, the pubescence of the upper surface sparse and scattered, 
the anterior femora sharply unidentate . . . ..... 
Species (nos. 35, 386) of subovate form, piceous or ferruginous, with 
motiled ochreous pubescence on the elytra, the legs sharply 
annulated with yellow, the antennal club somewhat loosely 
articulated, the anterior femora with a stout triangular tooth, 
the pygidium exposed or hidden . oe : 
Species (no. 37) of subovate form, black, with blue elytra, the femora 
dissimilarly coloured in the two sexes, the pubescence fine and 
sparse, the rostrum and antenne long and slender, all the femora 
stout, the anterior legs very long . . . . ...... 
Species (no. 38) of subovate form, piceous or ferruginous in colour 
and finely pubescent, with large eyes, a slender rostrum, long 
anterior legs, and rather prominent humeri, the pygidium 
sulcate and in the ¢ exposed. [Subgen. Parantuonomus, 
DIG i a ke 
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A. baridioides-group. 
A. formosus-group. 
A. ruficollis-group. 
A. alboscutellatus-group. 
A. albopictus-group. 
A. puncticeps-group. 
A. ceruleisquamis-group. 
A. suturalis-group. 
A. annulipes-group. 
A. cyanipennis-group. 
A. sulcipygus-group. 
