IN TIMOR'LAUT. 373 



. BPiAI)Y3IEEUS, Sp, 



A species of this difficult genus, ^vhicli I aai unable to determine. 



Hah, Mai'u. 



ToxicuM GAZKLLA, Fabr, 



The examples agree well with specimens of this species in the British 

 Museum from Mahxcca, 

 Hah, Maru. 



ToxicuM QUADRicouNE, Fabr, 



The specimens in the British Musoum are from Penang, Java, 



Phihppinc Is., and Borneo. 

 Hub, Maru. 



Amarygmus, sp. 



A single species of this very difficult genus, which I cannot determine. 

 Hah. Maru, 



Pedtris suBOPAcus, Waterliousc- P. Z, S. loc. sup. cit. 



Closely allied to P. (Nydohates) sulciyer, Boisd., but less sliininj? 

 Entirely black ; the head much more closely and rather more strongly 

 l)unctured than in I\ mldfjer, especially on the Tertex.^ Thorax slightly 

 shining only in the middle; the impression on eacli side of the middle 

 much less marked than in P. sulctger, the punctuation more distinct. 

 Elytra somewhat dull; the striae nearest to the suture very lightly im- 

 .|>ressed (except at the extreme apex) ; the lateral ones deeper, but much 

 less so than in F. siilciyer; the first three iuterstices flat, the lateral ones 

 very slightly arched, much less than in P. sulclger. 



Length 16 lines. 



HaK Maru. 



CURCULTONID^. 



Ortkorrhinus l^tus, Saund. & Jekel. 



The type of this species is from New Hebrides. 

 Hab. Mara. 



L 



SPHENOIHORUS OBSCURUS; Boisd. 



A widely distributed species. 

 Huh. Larat. 



PBIONIDiS. 



Aechetitus castaxeus, "\^\atcrhonse. P. Z. S. loc. sup. cit. PI. X"\ I. 

 Fig. 4. 



Dark chestnut-brown, the head and mandibles inclined io black ; tbc 

 legs and abdomen pitchv yello^v. Mandibles nearly as loug as the head, 

 very robu-t, convex, strongly pnnctnred; on the inner side, anci tbc 

 epistoma clotbcd with fulvous hair. Head slunms above, dull at the 

 Pides, with a longitudinal imprcsEed lino m the middle; with some 

 strong punctures above, rugose at the sides. Thorax wider than the 

 bead ; as its broadest part (just before the anterior angles) a li"l^ ^o^^ 

 than twice as broad as long, narrowed posteriorly, shining; the disk flat 

 mwlerately strongly but not closely punctured, with a Hraooth Pi)ot in the 

 middle; the sides sloping down; the shining surface of tlie disk 

 continued down the fide in a tilangular shape to near the margin; Uic 

 rest of the side impressed, dull and densely PU°ctured ^^}f^^ 

 smooth. Elytra at the base a little broader than the base of the thorax 

 gradnallv widened msteriorly for two-thirds their length, and then again 

 narrowed, the apex broad and obtusely rounded ; shioirig, strongly and 

 moderately closely punctured, except near the s^^tellura where the 

 pnnctuation is very delicate. Each elytron has a fine slightly oblique 

 raised line about tne middle, commencing within the shoulder and not 



