Mr. Pascoe's description.9 of Curculionidt'B. 593 



front; fuuicle with the first and second joints — first longest — 

 equal in length to the rest together; prothorax subcylindrical, 

 moderately convex, minutely punctured; elytra broad, depressed, 

 equally rounded at the sides from the base to the apex, finely 

 seriate-punctate, the suture smooth and glossy ; beneath dark 

 brown; legs chesnut, the knees and tarsi dark brown; tibia>, 

 particularly the hind pair, denticulate. 



A slight approach to this species is made by A. crmicus, Boh., 

 but it is very slight indeed. 



Apocyi-tus nigrans. 



A. oblongo-ovatus, glaber, niger, pedibus concolorihus; prc- 

 thorace punctis minutis, in medio plus minusve conflnentibus, 

 munito; elytris depressis, medium versus latioribus. Long. 7 lin. 



Hab. Philippine Islands. 



Oblong-ovate, smooth, black, slightly glossy; rostrum flattish 

 above, Avith a median and a short lateral impressed lines; funicle 

 with the two basal joints equal, shorter than the rest together; 

 prothorax subcylindrical, minutely punctured, punctures in the 

 middle more or less confliient; elytra depressed, broadest and 

 somewhat angular at above the middle, finely seriate-punctate, 

 suture smooth and glossy ; beneath black, the first three abdo- 

 minal segments fused together ; fore tibia? only denticulate. 



Differentiated from the former, inter alia, by the punctuation 

 of the thorax, the form of the elytra, &c.; they are both very 

 distinct species, and but for A. amicus, and its allies, might 

 form a genus apart. 



Sifentes rjranifipr. 



S. late subovatus ; prothorace confertim granulato ; elytris 

 granulatis, squamulis albidis adspersis. Long. 5-|-G^ lin. 

 Hab. Yule Island. 



Broadly ovate, slightly convex above, black, the prothorax 

 occasionally tinged Avith chesnut, everywhere studded Avith small 

 Avhite scales ; head slightly punctate, a A-shaped impression 

 between the eye; rostrum Avitha fine impressed line at the base; 

 antenna? stout, the club not thicker than the funicle; prothorax 

 scarcely longer than broad, closely granulate ; elytra a little 

 longer than the breadth at the middle, closely and finely granu- 

 late; body beneath and legs A\'ith scattered bristle-shaped scales. 



