ATMETONYCIIUS. — ANEMERUS, 



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of it. Rostrum almost parallel-sided iu the d , strongly narrowed 

 from the base to the middle in the $ , the base narrower than the- 

 forehead, plane above, with a deep central furrow and a broader 

 curved one on each side of it. Frothonuv a little broader than long, 

 broadest at the base, the posterior augles acute, the sides almost 

 straight and narrowing from base to apex, the anterior angles 

 shortly but acutely projecting, the upper surface very rugose and 

 uneven, with a deep central depression. Ehjtra gradually acumi- 

 nate behind, the apices separately mucronate, with shallow sulci 

 containing large deep punctures, the intervals narrow and very 



Fig. 37. — Atriictonychus peregrinus, Oliv. 



uneven, with sliort subdepressed setge, which are often denser and 

 longer in small irregular patches. Legs black, \\\i\\ grey scalino-.. 

 the upper edges with dense short sette, the lower with much longer 

 setae, the femora rugosely punctate. 



Length, 10-12 mm. ; breadth, 4|-5i mm. 



Bengal: Calcutta (Ind. Mus.) ; Dacca; Pusa (ie/vw/) ; Chapra 

 {MacJcenzie — Pusa Coll.). Punjab : Umballa {Lefrog). 



Type in the Paris Museum ; of C. rugosus at Copenhagen and 

 of A. inceqnalis at Stockholm. 



A. ineequalis, Boh., was described from a very large specimen, 

 but I could find no characters by which it could be distinguished 

 from Olivier's species. 



Genus ANEMERUS. 



AncBmerus, Schiiuherr, Disp. Meth. 182(3, p. 126; Lacordaire, Gen. 

 Col. vi, 1863, p. 84. 



Type, Curculio tomentosus, F. (Africa). 



Head plane, with a deep central furrow, the forehead produced 

 laterally above the eyes, which are oval, convex and entirely lateral. 

 nostrum more or less deflected, longer than the head and continuous 

 with it, the base not broader than the forehead, plane above, the 



