1484 COLEOPTERA 



tiguous. Abdomen rather long, with a raised, curved, frontal suture 

 between the hind coxae, which are not widely distant ; the suture 

 between the two basal segments sinuate, the second about as long 

 as the first, third and fourth not much shorter than the second, 

 fifth longer than the preceding two. EpipleurcB narrow. 



Ancuma is the nearest genus, but in this one there is not the 

 shghtest trace of the prosternal canal. The emarginate prosternum 

 and approximated middle coxae difi'erentiate it from Erirhinus. 



2563. A. rufula, "-s. Convex', moderately elongate, subovate, 

 a little shining ; red, elytra paler, legs and antennte yellowish-red, 

 club yellowish ; pubescence flavescent, that on the thorax very 

 slender and scanty; on the elytra, besides the fine decumbent hairs, 

 there are numerous erect hair-like setse. 



Piostrum rather longer than the thorax, longitudinally grooved 

 and cariuate. Thorax very slightly, just perceptibly, constricted in 

 front, its sides well rounded ; the punctuation close, rather coarse, 

 and more or less rugose. Elytra obovate, broader than the thorax, 

 twice Its length ; distinctly and regularly striate-punctate ; inter- 

 stices narrow, indistinctly punctured. Legs finely i^iXose; femora 

 with a minute denticle underneath. 



Underside rufescent, with fine, decumbent, pallid hairs ; the 

 breast more or less coarsely punctured ; the abdomen obsoletely 

 sculptured, flattened. 



There is no member of the Erirhinidic w^hich resembles it. 



Length (rost. incl.). If lines; breadth, f line. 



Hunua Eange. Three specimens, found in different localities 

 on the CTound amongst leaves. 



Group -CRYPTORHYNCHID^. 



Acalles (Gen., p. 488). 



2564. A. doloSUS, "-s. Variegate, densely covered with de- 

 pressed, rounded, reddish-brown scales, some blackish ones in front 

 and behind ; there is a large, broad, pale space on top of the hind 

 decli-\-ity, as also some ill-defined ones on the elytra ; there are 

 numerous coarse, erect setae, dark and pale ; near the middle of the 

 thorax tbere are two distant, subluuate, longitudinal, ill-marked 

 gi'ey spots ; rostrum piceous, auteunge and tarsi dark-red. 



Bostriim parallel, quite the length of the thorax, not shining, 

 punctate, squamose behind. Antennce inserted before the middle; 

 scape rather slender, very little thickened near the extremity ; funi- 

 culus longer, pubescent, first joint scarcely longer but much thicker 

 than the second, third longer than broad, 4-7 become a little 

 broader ; club elongate, rather narrow, apical joints small. Thorax 

 about as long as broad, widest just behind the middle, more nar- 

 rowed in front than behind, base subtruncate ; it is coarsely punc- 

 tate and studded with erect setae. Elytra obovate, base slightly 

 bisinuate and of the same width as the thorax, their sides gently 



