738 COLEOPTERA 



Rostrum shining, finely sculptured, apparently punctate-striate and 

 squamose behind. Prothorax subconical, rather broad, hardly longer 

 than broad, not much narrovv'ed posteriorly, more so in front, where it is 

 broadly contracted ; the basal half is transversely rugose with punctures 

 in the intervals, the other part is more irregularly punctured ; it bears a 

 few yellow, hair-like scales, and long, slightly bent, fuscous hairs. Elytra 

 cordate, punctate-striate, the interstices widened where the body is 

 broadest (in line with the intermediate femora) ; they are rather bare, 

 but the few scales and hairs they have resemble those of the thorax ; near 

 the base there are two small tufts of dark setae, and one near the middle, 

 on each. Legs long, with long, slightly curled, dark hairs. 



Closely allied to D. latus ; the thorax shorter and broader ; the elytra 

 a little less convex, not so broad, and more gradually narrowed pos- 

 teriorly, so that they seem to be longer ; the legs are longer, more like 

 those of D. celsus. The long, semi-erect hairs on the whole of the body 

 are quite different from the slender setoe on D. latus. 



Length (rost. excl.), i line ; breadth, nearly \. 



Two examples were obtained in the same locality as the last. 



1292. D. exigUUS, n.s. Colour pitchy-black; tarsi pitchy-red; 

 scape testaceous ; the rest of the antennae broken off; the body is rather 

 dull, and scantily clothed with long yellow scales, and long, erect, fuscous 

 hairs. 



The sculpture of the thorax may be termed coarse-punctate-rugose, 

 but irregular, there being an abbreviated carina on the disc ; in shape it 

 is similar to that oi D. latus. Elytra short, cordate, much broader than 

 thorax, widest near the hind thighs ; punctate-striate ; with a spot on 

 each side between the two hind pairs of legs, covered with greyish scales ; 

 two small basal tufts of blackish setce, one at the shoulder, the other on 

 the second interstice, and some less evident ones behind. Legs moderate, 

 clothed with longish black hairs ; tarsi rather stout. 



The insect most nearly resembles D. latus in general outline, but is 

 smaller and duller, with hairs instead of setce on the body and legs. 



Length (rost. incL), nearly i line; breadth, quite \. 



Described from one mutilated individual found near Parua. The 

 remark appended to the description of D. denoians applies to these three 

 species also. 



Synipedius (p. 499)- 



1293. S, CUrtUS, «.J. Body ^■^x\ infuscate-red ; tarsi rufous; an- 

 tennae yellowish-red. 



Rostrum moderately long and stout, wholly punctate, with a few 

 griseous scales. Prothorax about as long as broad, not greatly con- 

 tracted anteriorly, sides rounded, base subtruncate, obliquely emarginated 

 laterally behind each eye ; closely punctured on the depressed space ; 

 behind the front margin the punctures are disposed in rows, but on the 

 apex itself the punctuation is irregular and finer ; it bears very few grey 

 scales and setce. Scutellum small. Elytra cordate, their shoulders ob- 

 lique, from thence a good deal distended, so that they become much 

 broader than the thorax, though of the same width as it at the base ; they 



