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EE. Size very small (long. 2 lines 

 or less). 

 F. Antenna entirely bright 



ferruginous in colour Icetus, Blackb. 



FF. Antennae of much darker 



colour incorisjncuus, Blackb. 



DD. Rostrum continuous with 

 head, its apical plate little 

 developed. 

 E. Basal joint of funiculus more 



than twice as long as wide tumidulus, Blackb. 

 EE. Basal joint of funiculus much 

 less than twice as long as 



wide perplexus, Blackb. 



CC. Head very conspicuously strigose 

 longitudinally. 

 D. Elytra bearing a very conspi- 

 cuous large white spot hvplagiatus, Pasc. 



DD. Elytra without conspicuous 



white markings ^^ic^ws, Blackb. 



BB. Apical plate of rostrum very large laminatus, Blackb. 



(ERIRHININ.^.) 



Rhachiodes simplex, sp.nov. 



Brevis : latus ; Erytennce forma baud multo dissimilis ; piceus, 

 supra squamis testaceo-brunneis et nonnullis fuscis (his varie 

 indeterminate intermixtis) densissirae vestitus ; subtus dense 

 albido-squamosus ; rostro quam prothorax sat longiori, sat 

 cylindrico, leviter arcuato, punctulato ; capite prothoraceque 

 sparsim punctulatis (puncturis maculas minutas nigras inter 

 squamas simulantibus) ; hoc vix transverso supra sequali 

 antice leviter constricto ; scutello minuto albido ; elytris 

 punctulato-striatis (puncturis sat magnis sat remote positis), 

 interstitiis vix convexis, 2° ante medium 4° pone medium 



