1186 COLEOPTEEA 



Obs. — As Dr. Sharp and I consider Mr. Pascoe's Empceotes to 

 be the same as "White's ^latyoviida, the former name must be 

 abandoned. Platyomida now consists of the following species : — 



776. P. binodes. 1.516. P. enysi. 



777. P. censoria. 1677. P. aequa. 



778. P. aculeata. 775. P. hochstetteri. 



779. P. perniciosa. 2100. P. simulatrix. 

 1235. P. apicale. 2101. P. clepressa. 

 1415. P. amota. 



— T. B. 



Aporolobus. 



Nov. gen. 

 {Sharp; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc, 1886, p. 421.) 



Corpus parvmn, indumento obscuratmn, setosum ; antcnnce seapo 

 crasso ; rostrum breve, scrobes profundae, foveiformes ; coxce anteri- 

 ores sat distantes ; loba ocularia obsoleta. 



This genus cannot be associated with TrachypJilmus on account 

 of the separated anterior coxce ; and, moreover, although the ocular 

 lobes are excessively rudimentary, yet it is clear the genus is cor- 

 rectly placed in the group characterized by the possession of the 

 lobes in question. In Aporolobus the prostcrnuvi is markedly emar- 

 ginate, the eyes are placed near the thoracic margin, and extend 

 slightly downwards rather than forwards ; these characters being 

 usually correlative with the ocular lobes, and the lobes themselves 

 being faintly indicated, there can be, I think, no real doubt as to the 

 position of the genus. The separation of the front coxas is exhibited 

 by only a few genera of Otiorhynchidse, though it is here con- 

 spicuous. The coxce, are small and very little prominent ; the 

 metastcrnum is excessively short, the second ventral segment is of 

 moderate length, and the posterior corbels are not cavernous ; the 

 mandibular scar is quite perceptible ; the tarsi are quite of the 

 Trachyphhvus type, very short, with very broad third joint, the 

 lobes of which, however, are short. The only species known to me 

 is Trachyphlosus irritus, Pascoe. 



The presence or absence of ocular lobes is at present considered 

 of primary importance in the classification of the Otiorhynchidse, but, 

 if there should prove to be many genera in which it is as vague a 

 character as it here is, it will be impossible to treat it as a character 

 of primary importance. 



Notiopatae. 



Nov. gen. 



Body Trachyjjhloeus-like, setose. Bostrum moderately short, 

 frontal grooves obsolete. Scrobes not foveiform. Anterior coxce 

 prominent, large, moderately separated. 



This genus should be located after Aporolobus, from which it 

 differs by possessing larger but not so widely, yet quite distinctly, 

 separated front coxae. The scrobes, instead of being foveiform, 

 extend to just below, but do not quite reach the eyes ; they are 

 quite evident from above. The rostrum itself is much longer, and is 



