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than base of rostrum, and shorter than funiele; three basal joints 

 of funiele elongate, 7th adnata to and clothing almost as on club; 

 the latter ovate and with oblique sutures. Proiliorax longer 

 than wide, sides lightly rounded, base bisinuate, constriction light, 

 ocular lobes obtuse and almost level with apex. Scutellum 

 distinct. Elytra elongate-cordate, each separately rounded at 

 base. Pectoral canal deep and wide, terminated between inter- 

 mediate coxie. Mesosiernal receptacle raised and solid to middle, 

 then the sides thin and sloping to apex, emaryination transverse; 

 cavernous. Metasternutu somewhat shorter than the following 

 segment; episterna distinct. Basal segment of abdomen as long 

 as the two following combined, intercoxal process narrow, apex 

 incurved; 2nd the length of 5th, and very little shorter than 3rd 

 and -Irth combined. Legs long and thin; femora not grooved and 

 feebly dentate, posterior passing elytra; tibiae thin, curved, apex 

 with a small tooth very close to the terminal hook; tarsi much 

 shorter than tibiie, 1st and 4th joints rather long, and 4th wide. 

 Elliptic, convex, squaraose, winged. 



Close to Protojmlus, but the elytra separately rounded at base, 

 and the shoulders not produced. In its pectoral canal varying 

 in depth it approaches Orphanistes. The S23ecies described below 

 appears to be new^ despite its large size. Unfortunatel}^ I have 

 been unable to see the original diagnosis of Di/sopirhinus, but the 

 species described below is certainly congeneric with Dr. Heller's 

 D. albosparsus from New Guinea. 



Dysopirhinus grandis, n.sp. 



Dark reddish-brown, prothorax darker. Moderately densely 

 clothed with ochreous-yellow scales, and with subquadrate patches 

 of sooty scales ; each prothoracic granule with a stout scale. 

 Abdomen with sooty scales, with small patches of paler scales at 

 the sides of the four basal segments. 



Head feebly punctate, feebly depressed on each side behind the 

 eyes. Rostrum longer than prothorax, rather suddenly bent at 

 apical third, each side of basal half with a ridge bounding the 

 lateral grooves, the ridges becoming very distinct between eyes, 



