82 K. JORDAN 



white, slightly edged with orange, some orange pubescence also 

 here and there on disc. 



Rostrum about five times as long as broad in middle, punctate, 

 three carinae above, mesial one high, not reaching apex, extending 

 over frons, dorso-lateral ones less elevate, shorter, upper edge 

 of antennal canity also cariniform, continued backwards to near 

 eye by an irregular fold. Pronotum and underside of body very 

 coarsely, but somewhat dispersedly punctured. Pronotum one 

 fourth broader than long, mesial line subcariniform. Elytra 

 punctate-striate , the punctures large, the stripes rather feebly 

 impressed, basal margin slightly convex near scutellum, shoulder 

 somew^hat prominent. 



Length, b mm. 



Hab. British New Guinea. 



Five ^- d^, two 9 9 . 



CALLANTHRIBUS gen. nov. 



c/' 9 . Rostrum stout, about twice as long as broad, narrowed 

 and subcylindrical at base, mesially carinate at base; antennal 

 cavity covered, the upper edge being cariniform and somewhat 

 projecting laterally, not continued to eye. This lateral, somewhat 

 oblique and elliptical, truncate-emarginate anteriorly. Underlip 

 deeply divided. Antenna peculiar: reaching to near middle of 

 elytrum , thick and of nearly the same width from segment 4 

 to 11, 8 the broadest, 1 to 3 thinner than the others, 2 a little 

 longer than broad, shorter than 1, 3 three times as long as 2 

 and a little longer than 4, 5=: 6 shorter than 4-, 7 = 8 a little 

 shorter than 6,9 a little longer than broad, 10 broader than 

 long, 11 about four times as long as broad, nearly as long 

 as 8-h9-f-10, the segments not compressed. Prothorax conical; 

 carina antebasal, evenly concave, slighthly Hexed forward at 

 side, no subbasal and no longitudinal basal carina. Elytra broader 

 than prothorax, convex, evenly marginate together at base, 

 shoulders rather prominent. Pygidium rounded. First basal 



