132 CURCULIOXIDiE. 



26 (27) Front tibife with two internal 



spines at the apex armatipcs, sp. u., p. 141. 



27 (26) Front tibi;e with only a single 



apical spine. 



28 (29) Each elytron with two broad 



lateral green stripes enclosing a 



narrower black stripe aurorittatus, Hel., p. 142. 



29 (28) Each elytron with only a single 



broad lateral gi'een stripe limhatus, sp. n., p. 142. 



30 (25) Carinte on rostrum not converging 



behind. 



31 (34) Head without a central furrow, 



but with a lateral furrow above 

 each eye. 



32 (33) Rostrum with a distinct central 



furrow ; the anterior part of the 

 forehead and base of the rostrum 

 with line shallow punctation ; 

 elytra with no paler lateral 

 stripe (jriseus, Desbr., p. 144. 



33 (32) Rostrumwithout a central furrow, 



but with only a basal fovea ; an- 

 terior part of forehead and base 

 of rostrum very shin}' and almost 

 impunctate ; elytra Avitli a paler 

 lateral stripe f/Jahrifrons, sp. n., p. 145. 



34 (31) Head with a continuous central 



furrow or stria ascending to the 

 vertex. 



35 (46) Funicle with the two basal joints 



equal. 



36 (37) Apical area of elytra with numer- 



ous, rather long, erect seta? ; 

 femora red, the knees and tibia? 

 blackish ; scaling green, the mar- 

 gins of the thora.x and elytra 

 more or less suftased with orange femoralis, Fhs., p. 145. 



37 (36) Apical area of elytra with much 



fewer, very short, more or less 

 recumbent setae ; femora black- 

 ish, never paler than the tibife. 



38 (41) Rostrum with two lateral carina? 



enclosing a longitudinal impres- 

 sion, and an ante-ocular im- 

 pression below them. 



39 (40) Apices of elytra each with a small 



divergent projection, interval 3 

 not broader than 4 ; a small 

 patch of larger whitish over- 

 lapping scales just behind the 

 scutellum (qncatiis, sp. n., p. 140. 



40 (39) Apices of elytra not produced, in- 



terval 3 broader than 4; no 

 patch of larger overlapping 

 scales behind the scutellum .... cinereus, sp. u., p. 147.. 



41 (38) Rostrum without the lower late- 



ral carina or the ante-ocular 

 impression. 



