( 100 ) 



not extendiug to eye and distally almost abruptly terminating, not being curved 

 laterad, between antennal groove and eye a slight additional carina, apical edge 

 of rostrum feebly emarginate. Frons sulcate, anteriorly a little more than half 

 the width of an interspace between the dorsal carinae of the rostrum, the narrow 

 l)ortion brown. Antenna entirely rufous, segment 'i one-third longer than 4, 

 nearly twice the length of }>, as long as 0, but shorter than 11, 1>) longer than 8, 

 two-thirds the length of 9. 



Pronotum impnnctate, excepting the sides, which bear very shallow punctures, 

 one-fifth broader than long, without transverse discal sulcus, pubescent dark fiiwn, 

 with the following black longitudinal markings : on each side of the middle a stripe 

 from near the carina to beyond the centre, outside this stripe and rather close to 

 it another which is narrower and reaches from the apical to the basal margin, 

 being widened behind the carina and excurved in the centre, a third, short stripe 

 between lateral carina and ai)ical groove. 



Scutellum transverse, grey. Elytra more than half as long again as broad, 

 flattened above, rufescent, pubescent dark fawn, the aj)ex huffish ochraceous and 

 the following markings black : a spot on basal callosity, an interrupted, elongate, 

 marginal halfring behind shoulder, some short dashes in basal half, a broad 

 band before apical declivity reaching from side to side, posteriorly deeply sinuate at 

 the suture and margin and less deeply on disc, anteriorly including a white square 

 spot which is contiguous with the fawn area at stripe ~, the black baud produced 

 forward at suture and much more so on disc. Pygidium rufous, rounded, with an 

 ochraceous patch at each side. 



Underside entirely grey, with two brownish spots on the metasternite, anal 

 sternite bearing mesially at the apex a prominent conical tubercle. Legs rufous, 

 pubescence grey on the femora and ochraceous on the tibiae and tarsi, tip of tibiae 

 brownish. 



Length (exclusive of head) 10 mm. 



One ? from Kuching, Sarawak, May 19U3. 



16. Acorynus nessiarops spec. nov. 



c??. Near yl. ;•)//(« Jord. (1894) and r/wi/ins Jord. (1003). Rufescent-brown, 

 elongate, flattened, antennae and legs entirely pale rufous. 



Rostrum about half as long again as basally brown, flat at apex, with three 

 dorsal carinae, the median one the shortest, low distally, the other two rather 

 high, reaching to middle, proximally slightly curving inward, a lateral carina 

 feebly indicated, concealed under the yellowish grey pubescence. Frons very 

 luirrow in 6, about half the width of the interspace between two carina in ¥, 

 entirely yellowish grey like the rostrum. Antenna slender, segment 8 in J not 

 much shorter than 9, in ? two-thirds the length of 9, 10 in both sexes about half 

 as long again as liroad. 



Pronotum smooth, transversely depressed before centre, yellowish grey, with 

 two straight, rather broad, brown vittae on disc and a curved lateral sjjot. 



Elytra elongate, de]>ressed, basal margin strongly excurved, subbasal callosity 

 feebly elevate, clayish grey, with the following rufescent brown markings : a spot 

 on subbasal callosity, a longitudinal sjiot from middle of fourth to middle of sixth 

 intersiiacc, contiimed forward by two or three indistinct lines, a large square spot 

 at the commencement of the apical declivity, its anterior corners connected with 



