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5-jointed funicle. Tychiosoma hardly differs from Ti/chiodes which 

 Wollaston characterized as «a very anomalous little Cossonid » . 



139. T. diluta, n. t^p. Siiboblonga, luteo-testacea , elytra postice ad la- 

 tora, ot apice nigra; rostrum prothorace plus duplo longius, nitide casta- 

 nenm, impunctatum; antenna? testaceje, cxtrorsum infuscatie; clava ma- 

 juscula, elliptica ; prothorax conicus , subtilissime punctatus ; scutelhnn 

 subquadratum ; elytra striato-punctata , punctis minutis , interstitiis pla- 

 natis subtilitor punctatis; pygidium parvnm , testaceum; corpus infra pe- 

 desquc concolores. Long 4 mm. 



Hah. Sumatra (Mt. Singalang) , Bnccn'. 



IViseida. 



Rostrum tenue; scrobes subterminales , infra rostrum conniventes. Coxfe 

 anticae separatoe. Sutura prima abdominis obsoleta. Cantera ut in Acalypto. 



A small Erirhiniform weevil is the exponent of this genus, 

 which differs from the normal AnthonominjE in having the pro- 

 sternum or propectus elongate, and in its simple claws, cha- 

 racters in which it agrees with Acali/ptus. 



140. N. virginea, n. sp. Subdepressa, fulvescens; rostrum prothorace 

 longitudine «quali , subtilissime punctatum ; fiiiiieuhis artieulo secundo 

 primo minore, caeterìs transversis gradatim latioribus ; clava distincta , bre- 

 viter elliptica; prothorax subtransversus , basi paulo bisinuatus, subtiliter 

 punctatus : scutellum minutum ; elytra subtilissime sericeo-pubescentia , 

 striato-punctata, punctis minutis, approximatis ; pygidium breve, seri- 

 ceum. Long. 2 mm. 



Ilab. Aru, Beccari. 



Xmer«. 



Caput parvum, angustum; oculi frontales, tenuiter granulati; rostrum 

 cylindricum; scrobes medianas, laterales. Funiculus artieulo primo majore, 

 secundo obconico, caeteris transversis in clavam gradatim continuatis. Pro- 

 thorax transversus, basi ampliatus. Scutellum distinctum. Elytra breviu- 

 scula. Propectus elongatus, margine integro. Abdomen segmento secundo 

 primo aHjuali. Pedes breves; femora incrassata, fortiter dentata; tibiae 

 muticae: tar.si breves, artieulo penultimo bilobo; unguiculi simplices. 



Acalyptus differs in its edentate femora, and Anthonomus in 

 its short propectus, transverse liead and lateral eyes. The ca- 

 vity or corbel of the intermediate tibia; receiving the first tarsal 



