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nitus; scutellum rotundatum nitidum; elytra prothorace latiora, a basi ad 

 apicein gradatim angustiora, substriato-punctata, interstitiis granulatis, 

 pone medium fascia parum obliqua albido-squamosa , notata; pedes antici 

 paulo loiigiores; femora acute dentata; tibiae intus blsinuatoe; unguiculi 

 bifidi. Long. 10 mm. 



Hal). Java . Sumatra , Beccari (Java , Sumatra , Ceram , Wal- 

 lace). 



.\ stouter form than A. anyulus with shorter fore-legs and 

 broader elytra narrowing towards the apex. 



157. A. rostratus, n. sp. Ubiongo-ovatus, niger, opacus; prothorax vittis 

 duabus (vel tribus , media aliquando obsoleta) , elytra singulatim linea ar- 

 cuata juxta scutellum, altera parum obliqua pone medium, et duabus 

 abbreviatis posticis ad apicem conjunctis, albis; rostrum validum , sat elon- 

 gatum, apice excepto, profunde et late excavatum; funiculus breviusculus, 

 articulis duobus basalibus brevibus, longitudine lequalibus; prothorax sub- 

 conicus, sat vage punctatus; elytra basi prothorace latiora, lineatim grosse 

 punctata; pedes antici elongati, tibiag dente magno aiunata^: unguiculia 

 dente parvo instructis. Long. 10 mm. 



Hab. Fly River, L. M. D'Alberlis. 



The rostrum in this species is peculiar; in front there is an 

 excavation beginning between the eyes, gradually expanding 

 then contracting and terminating above the insertion of the 

 antennae, and bounded on each side by a prominent ridge. 



158. A. naso, n. sp. Oblongus, in medio parallelus, subnitide fusco- 

 piceus; prothorax vittis tribus, elytra utrin(iue una abbreviata basali fa- 

 sciaque curvata postica, ad latera ascendente, pallide griseis; l'Oitrum va- 

 lidum rude punctatum, dimidio basali gibboso et in medio paulo excavato; 

 funiculus articulo basali crassiore et longiore; jn'othoi-ax l)reviter subco- 

 nicus, granulatus; elytra prothorace baud latiora, striato-punctata inter- 

 stitiis rude granulatis; pedes antici longiores, tibiae intus dente magno 

 armatse; femora omnia dente conspicuo munita; unguiculi bifidi; corpus 

 squamulis silaceis tectum. Long. 8 mm. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak), Dorla and Beccari. 



This species has a rostrum somewhat after the type of the 

 preceding but in a far less degree; the sculpture of the elytra 

 and markings are very different. 



ló'.t. A. pentastictus , Anc^y, Le Natur. INSl, p. r>12. 



Hab. Somerset, L. M. D'Alberlis. 



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