OS [October, 



vertice sith-inflato, cequali ; elytris medio tithcrculis elevatis duohus, 

 alterisque minorihus ante apicem. Lonrj. corp. 4^ — 5i tmn. 



Clothed witli a sub-vai"iegate pubescence, whicli in character is intermediate 

 between scales and hairs. Rostrum scarcely so long as the head, eyes very prominent, 

 the space between them obscurely sulcate, the vertex behind the eyes somewhat 

 swollen, but even and without prominences. Thorax conical, elongate, very narrow 

 in front, and considerably constricted. Elytra rather long and narrow ; on the middle 

 near the suture each has a rather long elevation, which is laterally compressed, and 

 midway between this and the apex is a much smaller tubercle. Legs slender, shaped 

 as in S. curvipes, White, but the four front femora vrithout teeth. 



I have received tliifi curious species sparingly, both from Mr. 

 Lawson and Captain Broun. 



N.B. — I am not acquainted with the species o£ Stephanorhynchus 

 just described by Mr. Pascoe, but a specimen of the present insect 

 which I sent to him was remarked on as " veiy distinct." 



ALEMA,* nov. gen. (CJirj/somelidarum) . 



Caput exsertum, ore hand inflexo. 



AntenncB Jilifonnes, ad insertionem approximated. 



Thorax coleopteris duplo angustior, lateribus vix marginatis. 



Femora posteriora incrassata. 



Acetahula atitica occhisa. 



Antennae 11-jointed, inserted near one another on the middle of the head. 

 Thorax scarcely broader than the head, quadrate, but constricted behind the middle, 

 almost unmargined at the sides. Elytra without epipleurae. All the coxae but 

 slightly separated ; there is no projection of the process between the front ones. 

 The legs are rather long and slender, the tibise witliout spurs or grooves ; tlie first 

 joint of the tarsi twice as long as the 2nd, 3rd much broader than the others, bilobed, 

 4th rather short, not so long as the basal joint. Hind-body with five visible ventral 

 segments, 1st large, as long as the three following together, tlie three following 

 about similar to one another, and not abbreviated along their middle, except 

 that in the males, the 4th segment is shorter in the middle than at the sides ; 5th 

 rather large. 



I shall not attempt to decide on the exact affinities of this anoma- 

 lous little insect, for no one but an entomologist who is well acquainted 

 with all tlie details of structure of the Phytophaga could, I am sure, 

 do so satisfactorily. I think, however, it would be most correctly 

 placed as indicating a separate tribe of Chapuis' Eitpodcs, connecting 

 that Section with the Ilalticidce oi the Section Cyclirjiioi. It is clearly 

 a highly important synthetic form. 



Alema paeadoxa, n. sp. 



Ferruginea, nitida, nnda, antennis pedilusqne dilutiorihus ; elytris 

 striatis, striisfortiter punctatis. Long. corp. 2i — 3 mm. 



Variat, elytris plus minusve fusco-signatis. 



* A-l6-ina.— 9. S. 



