222 REVISIOX OF THE AMYCTERIDES, iii., 



culli.'i Lea. The crests are shaped soiiiewiiat as in .V. cichludes, but 

 are much struiiiier and more curved, a fanciful resemblance to 

 horns having suiigested tlie specific name. The femora are practi- 

 cally devoid of clothing (except for a few scattered settc) on the 

 inner and on the basal two-tliirds of the outer side; the knees are 

 also bare; tlie tibiiB are closely clothed. 



Closely allied to X. cichlodes Pasc, but, apart from size and the 

 larger crests, it differs in the more obscure granulation of the pro- 

 thorax and of the elytra; the clothing on tlie elytra is also differ- 

 ently distributed, lacking the sublateral vitta so conspicuous in X. 

 cichlodes. 



XOTONOPHES AUKIUER, 11. sp. 



(J. Elliptical, eluiigate, convex. Black, granules subnitid, more 

 or less densely clothed with greyish subpubescence, granules not 

 clothed; beneath with scattered seta?, and with whitish setose sub- 

 pubescence in the middle of each segment, tending to form a feeble, 

 median vitta. Setae light brown. 



Rostrum short and wide, gently con\ex in profile, forming an 

 even curve witli liead, not excavate, a feeble transverse impression 

 present at base connecting a median and two sublateral basal 

 fovese; internal ridges flattened, subobsolete, indicated at base but 

 not at all prominent. Head gently convex above, with large, 

 flat, ear-like crests projecting laterally and directed back- 

 wards, the outer liorder not continuing the direction of tlie 

 external ridges but arising almost at right angles, then 

 suddenly changing direction backwards and outwards; crests 

 wide across base. Scrobes simple, open posteriorly. Eyes 

 ovate, vertical, overhung by projection of the crests. Pro- 

 thorax (3-5 X 4 mm.) widest about middle, sides gently narrowed 

 to apex, but rather sharply narrowed before base, apical mai-gin 

 truncate above, ocular lobes absent; disc with a narrow, subapical, 

 transverse impression; set fairly uniformly with rounded, moder- 

 ately large, non-contiguous granules. Elytra (9 X 6 mm.) elon- 

 gate, ovate, evenly rounded to apex ; base moderately strongly and 

 evenly arcuate, humeral angles marked by a small granule, not 



