RHYNCHOPIIORA MALAYANA 307 



a basi ad apicem gradatim angustiora, sulcato-punctata, piinctis magnis 

 qiiadratis, inter^titiis elevatis; pygidium equilateraliter triangulare , utrinque 

 linea alba mimitum; pedes nigricantes. Long. 5 mm. 



Ilab. Hataiii, Fly River, L. M. D'Alberlis. 

 A dull black species with a large but not very deep impres- 

 sion on the prothorax. 



Oanae. 



Caput exsertuin, antice constrictnm ; oculi basi rostri siti, ovati, subtus 

 contigui, temiiter granulati; rostrum longiusculum, perparum arcuatum, 

 basi crassius. Antenna3 sub-basales; clava elongata, parte spongiosa bre- 

 viter conica, Protliorax oblongus, apice constrictus, basi sub-bisinuatus. 

 Scutellum triangulare. Elytra angusta, protliorace baud latiora. Pygidium 

 deflexum. Pedes modico elongati; femora attenuata, mutica; tibice reeta), 

 sulcatas; tarsi longiusculi. Abdomen segmentis 3-4 brevibus. Corpus angu- 

 stum, subdepressum. 



The head in this genus is much exserted, contracted ante- 

 riorly so as to appear continuous with the rostrum, and the 

 eyes so placed as to surround the base of the latter except a 

 narrow space above. It is not very closely allied to any genus 

 known to me. The females appear to have a smooth rostrum. 



380. G. pulchella, n. sp. (Tav. 3, f. 9). Nigra opaca, maculis albo-squa- 

 mosis ornata; rostrum ferrugineum, (c/') rugoso-punctatum; antennas piceae; 

 articulo ultimo funiculi transverso; clava oblongo-ovata; prothorax niger, 

 confertim punctatus, maculis albis circa sex ornatus; scutellum nudum; 

 elytra dimidio basali rufescentes, dein nigra, maculis sex pone medium 

 lineaque suturali versus basin albis, ornata, striato-punctata; pedes ferru- 

 ginei, sparse albido-squamosi ; corpus infra nudum nigrum albo-varium. 

 Long. 7 ram. 



Hah. Aru, Beccari. 



The white scales are circular and not overlapping on the pro- 

 thorax, each having a dark central spot. 



38L G. amaena, n. sp. Nigro opaca, maculis jiaucis albo-squamosis, or- 

 nata; rostrum prothorace longius, (c/') rugoso-punctatum articulo ultimo 

 funiculi baud transverso; clava cylindrica; prothorax niger, sat confertim 

 punctatus, maculis circa quinque, squamis albis sejunctim positis, ornatus; 

 scutellum nudum; elytra dimidio basali rufescentia, dein nigra, singulo 

 pone medium vitta abbreviata alba notato; striato-punctata; pedes ferru- 



