RHYNCHOPHORA MALAYANA 303 



Troehorliopalus. 



Kirsch, Mittli. zool. Mas. zu Dresden. Heft II, p. 15G. 



363. T. strangulatus Gryllenhall (Sphenophorus) , Sclionherr, Curcul. 

 IV, p. 963. 



Hab. Fly River, Katau, L. M. D'Albertis; Buru, Ternate, 

 Ramoi, Beccar I (Sarawak, Singapore, Wallace). 



Barystethus. 



Lacordaire, Gen. Col. VII, p. 287. 



364. B. ater, Pascoe, Journ. Linn. Soc. XII, p. 71. 



Hab. Aru, Beccavi; Ramoi, L. M. D'Albertis (Dorey, Wallace). 



365. B. tropicus, n. sp. Late ellipticus, velutinus, rufoscens; rostrum 

 modice arcuatum; protliorax forti ter rotundatns, fere impunctatus; lobo 

 scutellari anguste i^roducto; apex seiitelli distinctus; elytra lineatim striata, 

 impunctata; pygidiura breve; tibiae intus fimbriatae; tarsi nigri. Long. 18 mm. 



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



This species varies in coloration but none apparently being 

 so intensely black as the last. In both the underpart is without 

 anv trace of scales and the legs and the rostra are smooth and 

 glossy. Is this Dialtales dispar (Chevrolat, Le Nat. II, p. 333, 

 1880)? and is Dialtales a misprint for Diathetes? 



Diatlieles. 



Pascoe, Journ. Linn. Soc. XII, p. 71. 



366. D. nitidicollis, Pascoe, 1. c. p. 72. 



Hab. Amboyna, Beccavi (Goram, Wallace). 



367. D. morio, Pascoe, 1. c. p. 73. 

 Hab. Aru, Beccari (Cape York). 



368. D. nigripennis , n. sp. Oblongus, subellipticus, opacus, supra de- 

 pressus, rufescens, scutello elytrisque nigris; rostrum tenue; antennae piceas; 

 prothorax subtiliter punctatus, apice nigro-marginatus , lobo scutellari la- 

 tiore ; scutellum elongatum angustum; elytra lineatim striato-punctata, 

 punctis fei'e obsoletis, interstitiis vix elevatis, basi excepta, impunctatis ; 

 pygidium rugosum; corpus infra nudum nitidum, rufo nigroque varium; 

 tibiae baud sulcatae. Long. 18 mm. 



