MONONYCHUS. 141 



scales, a spot at base of suture of elytra and under-side of 

 body closely covered with whitish scales. Thorax narrowed 

 in front, closely punctured in wrinkles, with broad central 

 furrow ; elytra with indistinctly punctured striae, interstices 

 flat. L. 2 1. Eather common. M. pseudacori,Fiib. 



BAMPHIDBS. 



Rostrum moderately robust ; funiculus of antennae with 

 first joint similar to scape, second nearly as thick but much 

 shorter, the other five joints slender ; thorax transverse ; 

 elytra convex, parallel-sided, a little wider than thorax ; 

 posterior legs stronger than front pairs, tarsi short and very 

 slender, claws very small. Baonphus, Clairv. 



HampJiiis. 



Oblong oval. Black, not very shiny, antennae (except 

 club) yellow. Thorax narrowed in front, coarsely punctured; 

 elytra with deep punctured striae. L. \ 1. Common. 



B. flavicornis, Clairv. 



CB YPTOItllYNCHIIfES. 



A, Channel for reception of rostrum bounded beliind by 

 mesosterimm. 

 u, Episterna of metathorax more or less broad. 



Rostrum entire at apex, scrobes commencing in or a little 

 beyond middle, slightly oblique ; thorax more or less 

 prominent in front, with ocular lobes ; mesosternum very 

 long ; intermediate abdominal segments equal, sepa- 

 rated from first by a straight suture ; legs moderately long, 

 femora gradually clubbed, tibiae straight or nearly so, hooked 

 at apex, with a line of stiff hairs on outer-side near apex. 



Cryptorhynchus, 111. 



h, Episterna of metathorax very narrow. 



Rostrum rather long, scrobes commencing in or near 

 middle, straight ; antennae moderately long, funiculus 

 seven-jointed, with only two joints elongate ; front of thorax 

 moderately prominent, with feeble ocular lobes ; scutellum 

 absent ; elytra oval, not wider than thorax ; second ab- 

 dominal segment longer than either third or fourth, sepa- 



