60 CUliCULIOMD.i:. 



Sikkim: Tungu, Teest.a Valley, 13,000-14,000 ft. (type); 

 Khamba Jong, 15,000-16,000 ft. 

 Types J $ iu the British Museum. 



Group IV. CTPHIDES. 



This group is most strongly represented in Tropical America, 

 where it compi'ises some of the most strikingly coloured insects 

 CO be found among the Curculionidte. Beyoud that region only a 

 few genera occur in the warmer parts of Africa and Asia. The 

 species are all winged. 



Kei) to the Genera. 



1 (4) Base of the rostrum not broader 



than the forehead ; eyes promi- 

 nent, much shorter than the 

 head. 



2 (3) Scape not exceediug the anterior 



margin of the eye ; hind tihise 



without an apical spine Dermatoxenus, g. u., p. 50. 



3 (2) Scape exceeding the anterior mar- 



gin of the eye ; hind tibia; with 



a long internal apical spine .... Eustalida, Est., p. 57. 



4 (1) Base of rostrum much broader 



than the forehead ; eyes large, 

 ahnost as long as the head ; 

 scape exceeding the anterior 

 margin of the eye Dermatodes, Schh., p. 55. 



Genus DERMATOXENUS, nov. 

 Type, Dermatodes vermiculntus, Gyl. (Java). 



Head exserted, more or less constricted and transversely im- 

 pressed behind the eyes, which are small, short, ovate or almost 

 circular and prominent, the forehead with a deep central furrow. 

 nostrum longer than the head, its base not broader than the fore- 

 liead. strongly tlilated at the apex, separated from the head by a 

 transverse stria or furrow, scrobes curving downwards far in front 

 of the eyes, the epistome large and bare, acuminate behind and 

 shallowly emargiriate at the apex, the mandibles a little promineut, 

 the scar small and not very distinct, the buccal cavity behind the 

 mandibles almost square, the mentum hirge but not quite filling 

 the cavity, the submentum subtruncate and without any peduncle. 

 Anteimce inserted at or before the middle of the rostrum ; the 

 scape clavate, curving forwards when erect, not or only just 

 reaching the anterior margin of the eye ; the f unicle w^ith the two 

 basal joints longer than the others ; the club large, ovate and 

 ;3-jointed. ProtJiorax bisinuate at the base, narrower and sub- 

 truncate at the apex, the gidar margin not sinuate. Scutelluni 

 present or absent. Elytra separately rounded at the base, with a 



