RHYNCHOPHORA MALAYANA 24^ 



in medio leviter sulcatus, riuadri-fasciculatus , fasciculi 2 apice, 2 ante 

 medium obsiti ; scutellum glabrum elevatum; elytra substriato punctata, 

 punctis majusculis linearibus, intei'stitiis vix elevatis, fasciculis parvis plu- 

 rimis munita, pone medium niaculn inconspicua transversa brunnea, basi 

 singulatim linea pallide grisea; corpus infra pedesque dense squamosi; fe- 

 mora dente minuto armata ; tibiae basi oxtus truncata? vel angulat». Long. 

 7 mm. 



Ifab. Java (Buitenzorg) , Beccavi. 



The (coloration is nearly the same as in P. ephippiger but 

 with only a trace of the large patch on the elytra, nor are the 

 alternative interstices raised as in that species, 



Meltxnterius- 



Ebichson, Wieg. Arch. 1, p. 209. 



186. M. aratus, n sp. Subrhomboidcus, fere esquamosus, niger nitidus; 

 rostrum tenuitcr punctatum, apicem versus ferrugineum; oculi grosse gra- 

 nulati, approximati; prothorax contertim punctatus, basi prope scutellum 

 argenteo -squamosus; scutellum punctiforme; elytra rufo-fusca , nitida, pro- 

 funde striata, strite punctis magnis impressa?, squamis argenteis parce ma- 

 culatim notata, interstitiis elevatis, laevigatis; pedes rufo-fusci , parce al- 

 bido-squamosi. Long. 4 mm. 



JIah. Somerset, L. M. UAlhertis. 



Allied to M. servulus, but broader, differently sculptural, and 

 the eyes approximate in front. 



Pascoe, Cist. Entom. II, p. 600. 



187. P. rubricollis, Boisduval {Cleogonus), Voy. Astrol. IT, p 442. 

 Hab. Fly River, L. M. D'Alberlis (Dorey, Wallace). 



Mag-airis. 



Rostrum breve, validum; scrobes apicales, obliquse. Antennse breviu- 

 sculoe; funiculus 7-articulatus in clavam grada tim contlnuatus. Prothorax 

 basi bisinuatus, lobis ocularibus distinctis. Scutellum conspicuum. Elytra 

 cylindrica. Rima pectoralis apice aperta. Mesosternum depressum. Femora 

 crassa compressa, subtus ad apicem subito emarginata; tibia; compress», 

 intermediae extus angulata;. Abdomen normab.'. 



