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« affinities are extremely difficult to determine » . Probably too 

 much streas is laid on the number of antennal joints which, 

 in the Cossoninse, vary from four to seven, without any cor- 

 relative characters. 



395. A, pauperatus, n. sp. Obscure fuscus; rostrum fere longitudine 

 protlioracis, basi usque ad scrobem crassius, setis in seriebus circa septem 

 instructum; autennte piceos; funiculus articulo secundo longiusculo: pro- 

 thorax oblongus, anguste cylindricus, basi pauIo bitior, crebre punctatus; 

 elytra prothorace multo latiora, striata, striis obsolete punctatis, inter- 

 stitiis 3-5-7 interrupte elevatis et silaceo-cirratis; pedes rugosi, setosi; tihise 

 anticEE intus serratse. Long. 5 mm. 



Hab. Sarawak , Doria and Beccari. 



Stenoti'upis. 



WoLLASTOx, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1873, pp. 447, 515. 



39G. S. exilis, n. sp. Angustissimus, parallelus depressus, fulvo-testa- 

 ceus; rostrum (cT) crassissimum breviusculum ; oculi magni rotundati ; an- 

 tennfe in mare oculo j^i'oxime insertse; prothorax cum capite sat dense 

 punctatus; elytra elongata, prothorace hand latiora, tenuiter striato-punc- 

 tata; jiedes brevissimi, pallidiores. Long. 3 mm. 



Hab. Aru, Beccari. 



The female has a longer and more slender rostrum and the 

 antennae are inserted very near its middle; the eyes also are 

 smaller. Wollaston's generic description of his S. crassifrons 

 was made from the female which has a longer rostrum and 

 the antenna3 inserted nmch nearer the base; the male of the 

 same species has a shorter and somewhat spatulate rostrum , 

 quite different from the extraordinary one of the present spe- 

 cies, in which it is continuous with the head and not to be 

 distinguished from it, M/crocossonus^ Well, appears to be iden- 

 tical with Stenotrupis. Its unique species is hardly to be distin- 

 guished from the Cuban S. acicula. 



Oclxrouanus. 



Caput antico rotundatum; oculi ovati, grosso granulati, supei-ne baud 

 observandi; rostrum crassiuscuhnn , cylindricum parum arcuatum; scrobea 

 obliquae. Antennae breves; funiculus 7-articulatus; clava magna, ovata. 



