194 Arthur M. Lea: 



liasal joints of funiele the length of four followino- eouibined, 

 third to seventh transverse. Prothorarc about once and one- 

 third as wide as lone, apex much narrower than base; with 

 dense and fairly larpe, but quite concealed punctures. Scutellum 

 small but distinct. Elytra elnngate-subcordate, shoulders feebly 

 produced ; with rows of large, more or less concealed punctures, 

 in feeble striae; interstices with dense, concealed inmctures. and 

 subtuberculate beneaith fascicles. Under surface with dense 

 more or less concealed punctures. Femora acutely dentate ; 

 tibiae angular at external base. Length oh-^%\ mm. 



The clothing is so dense as to entirely conceal the derm. On 

 the head and base of rostrum the s-'cales are mostly pale ochreous 

 ■with numerous black scailes inters2:)ersed ; on the prothorax the 

 scales are somewhat similar, but wider, and there is usually a 

 I»ale median line, on eacli side of the apex of which is a feeble 

 black fascicle. ()n each elytron there is a pale (sometimes 

 almost white) oblique stripe fi'om in line with the shoulder to 

 near the suture at about the middle, but^ touching neither suture 

 nor shoulder (the two to the naked eye appearing like a feeble 

 V) : parallel with this and about half way between it and apex 

 aa*e traces of another feeble stripe, and thei'e is usually a small 

 whitish spot close to airex. There are fe'eble black fascicles on 

 the second and fourth (and sometimes on the sixth) interstices 

 about the middle, on the third and fifth near the base, and a 

 few still more feeble ones elsewhere. The clothing of the under 

 surface and legs is paler than elsewhere, amd the black scales 

 are entirely absent. 



In sluqie it closely resembles alternans, but is con.-^iderably 

 larger, with denser clothing (without lineate arrangement of 

 colours except the veiy indistinct median line of prothorax), 

 and with tlie rostrum decidedly shorter and wider. 



IVlicpocpyptoi''hynchus, n. g. 



Head large, invisible from above. Eiiex small, ovate, widely 

 separated, coarsely faceted. Rostrum short, stout aind almost 

 straight. Aiitmnae rather st<nit ; scape inserted at about the 

 middle of rostrum, slmrU'r than funiele; two basal joints of 

 funiele elongate; clul> subcontinuous with funiele. Prnthorox 

 longer than wide, sides slightly rounded, base and apex almost 



