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Description of the Kumara- weevil. 

 Cylas turcipennis, Shoenherr. 



Generic Characters. 



Body apterous, subcylindrical, transversely convex, medially 

 constricted. Mandibles very short. Kostrum one-third shorter 

 than thorax, cylindrical, moderately slender, subparallel. 

 Scrobes antemedian, not visible above, forming deep oval 

 cavities underneath and prolonged backwards as grooves extend- 

 ing to the eyes. Eyes longitudinally oval, lateral, finely faceted, 

 distant from the thorax and each other. Thorax twice as long 

 as broad, deeply constricted behind the middle, base and apex 

 truncate, without ocular lobes. Scutellum absent. Elytra 

 oviform but very elongate; shoulders much narrowed. Legs 

 long ; femora slender and stalk-like at the base, somewhat 

 clavate towards the extremity ; tibise unarmed. Tarsi elongate, 

 3rd joint deeply bilobed, with dense brush-like soles ; between 

 these soles the atrophied minute 4th joint may be detected ; 

 claws simple. 



Anterior coxse large and prominent, almost quite contiguous ; 

 intermediate globose, separated by the slender mesostemal 

 process. Metasternum elongate. Abdomen elongate, the basal 

 2 segments of about equal length, their suture indistinct in the 

 middle ; 3rd and 4th short, with deep sutures ; 5th slightly 

 broader than long. 



Male. — Antennas not geniculate, composed of 9 joints ; all 

 of these are transverse, except the large basal joint, which is 

 pyriform, but slender at the base. Club 1-jointed only, cylindrical, 

 nearly twice the length of the preceding 9 joints combined, 

 finely asperate and pilose. 



Female. — Antennal articulations 2 to 9 of the funiculus are 

 each longer than those of the male, obconical. Club elongate- 

 oval, similarly pubescent, but only about half as long as that of 

 the other sex. 



Obs. — Lacordaire terms the basal joint of the antenna? the 

 scape, giving 8 joints to the funiculus, but as the antennae are 

 not elbowed I have described them as 9-articulate, with the 

 additional 1-jointed club. 



Specific Description. 



Elongate, shining ; elytra blue ; head and rostrum darker; 

 thorax red ; legs infuscate red ; antennas nigrescent, but with 

 the club and the base of the 1st joint reddish. 



Rostrum moderately slender, finely and distantly punctured 

 rather more closely near the apex. Head slightly and gradu- 



