72 CURCULIONIUvE. 



deeper at apex than on disk ; 



apices of elytra divergent in c? . piyev, sp. n., p. 87. 



39 (36) Scape exceeding the postt-rior 



margin of eye : prothorax 

 scarcely narrower at apex than 

 at base ; shoulders roundly pro- 

 minent deceptor, sp. u., p. 87. 



40 (19) Elytra with a well-defined pale 



lateral stripe. 



41 (42) Legs reddish ; anal segment of 



5 rounded and not compressed 

 at apex marginalis, Gyl., p. 85. 



42 (41) Legs black; anal segment of $ 



laterally compressed into a 

 point at apex. 



43 (44) Prothorax very slightly narrower 



at apex than at base ; meso- 

 steruum with the intercoxal 

 process about one-third the 

 width of the lateral piece ad- 

 joining the coxae externally ; 

 elytra dark brown, with a pure 

 white lateral stripe Avhich does 

 not reach the margin lefroiji, sp. n., i'. 88. 



44 (4-">) Prothorax distinctly narrower at 



apex than at base ; intercoxal 

 process of mesosternum only 

 slightly narrower than the 

 lateral piece. 



45 (46) Elytra with the lateral pale stripe 



very sharply defined externally 

 and not reaching the margin ; 

 rostrum with a median im- 

 pressed line and no carina ; 



eyes very prominent lacordairei, Est., p. 89. 



40 (45) Elytra with the lateral stripe ex- 

 tending to the margin, or else 

 merging gradually into the 

 darker margin ; rostrum with 

 a distinct central carina and the 

 eyes prominent, or rostrum with 

 the carina indistinct and the 

 eyes subdepressed. 



47 (48) Rostrum with the central carina 



indistinct; eyes subdepressed. . alboDHin/i/Latus, (-Tyl., p. 91. 



48 (47) Rostrum distinctly carinate ; 



eyes prominent. 



49 (50) Prothorax with three subdenuded 



stripes ; elytra usually pinkish 

 fawn or greenish with a slight 

 metallic reflexion and with 

 stripes of denser and thinner 

 scaling; (^ organ with the 

 lateral margins not elevated 

 into cariufe, the dorsal outline 

 almost straight circuntdatiis, Wied., p. 90. 



