162 CDRCULIONID.i:. 



23 (20) Elytra with a broad lateral yellow 



pollinose stripe ; interval 6, and 

 part of 5 and 7, with dark curved 

 broad setfe, which are much 

 broader and more numerous than 

 those on the disk ; elytra of c? 

 with short apical mucros. 



24 (25) Dorsal carinas on rostrum gradually 



convergent behind ; pronotum 

 finely granulate ; second joint of 

 tarsi bearing- at least a few scales, sidphurahis, sp. n., p. 167. 



25 (24) Dorsal cariuse on rostrum parallel 



in the basal half; prouotum 

 rugosely granulate; second joint 

 of tarsi entirely devoid of scales. . anamalainus, sp. n., p. 168. 



26 (3) Hind tibite strongly denticulate 



internally ; joint 1 of the funicle 

 distinctly longer than 2 ; rostrum 

 longer than broad serratipes, sp. n., p. 169. 



27 (2) Corbels of hind tibiae clothed with 



dense long yellow hairs (tig. 52) ; 

 joint 1 of funicle distinctly longer 

 than 2 kraatzi, Hel., p. 169. 



28 (1) Second ventral segment not longer 



than 3+4; the suture between 

 segments 1 and 2 more or less 

 effaced in the middle ; intercoxal 

 process of venter broadly trun- 

 cate ; rostrum much longer than 

 broad. 



29 (30) Sides of prothorax and elytra 



covered with metallic green 

 scaling ; legs red-brown ; elytra 

 with the sides less rounded, nar- 

 rower at the base, and more 

 produced at the apex ; male 

 organ very long and distorted 

 (fig. 54) metullescens, sp. u., p. 170. 



30 (29) Sides of prothorax without green 



scaling, elytra with only a small 

 humeral spot and a few scattered 

 metallic scales along the sides; 

 legs black ; elytra with the sides 

 more strongly rounded, less nar- 

 rowed at the base, and more 

 rapidly acuminate at the apex ; 

 male organ short and normal 

 (fig. 54) similis, sp. n., p. 171. 



120. Sympiezomias prasinus. Boh. 



Brachyaspistes prasinus, Boheman,* Schiinh. Gen. Cure, viii, pt. 2, 

 1845, p. 416. 



Colour black, with uniform dense green or blue-green scaling, 

 sometimes with finely interspersed dark scales : the sides and 

 basal margin of the pi'othorax, and the iuflexed margins of the 



