596 Mr. Pascoe's descriptions of Carculionidte. 



differentiated by its remarkable scape. In outline it resembles 

 Sphrigodes, Gerst., whicli has a normal scape, and the second 

 abominal segment as long as the two next together. 



Piotypus gravidiis. 



P. omnino griseo-squamulosus, fuuiculo ^^iceo; elytris tenuiter 

 seriatim punctatis, iuterstitiis alternis basi pallidioribus. Long. 

 2 lin. 



Hab. Grahamstown. 



Everywhere covered with small greyish or silver-grey scales; 

 head slightly convex above, with a well-marked prominence over 

 the eye; rostrum narrower towards the apex, a longitudinal 

 impression in the middle; first two joints of the funicle as long 

 as the rest together; prothorax nearly twice as broad as long, 

 rugulose ; elytra a little longer than broad, truncated at the 

 shoulders, finely seriate-punctate; legs with scattered setiform 

 scales; tibife stout, the inner margin fiexuous, apex of posterior 

 pair, externally, with two spines. 



Apoderus tenuissimus. 



A. { $) nigro-castaneus, nitidus; coUo tenuissimo, recto,- quam 

 corpore multo longiore; femoribus infra dentatis; apice anten- 

 narum mutico. Long. 5 lin. (corpore solo 1| lin.). 



Hab. Philip^^iue Islands. 



Dark or blackish-brown, shining; rostrum very short, con- 

 stricted in the middle, where the antennai are inserted, the 

 latter, except the basal joint, pale ferruginous, terminal joint 

 of the funicle obconic, club pubescent, not hooked at the tip; 

 head prolonged behind in a very long rugulose neck, tapering 

 gradually posteriorly and much longer than the thorax and 

 elytra together; prothorax scarcely longer than broad, irregu- 

 larly impressed, slightly prolonged anteriorly ; sciitellum trans- 

 verse, bilobed behind, elytra subquadrate, broader behind, 

 punctate-substriate, the interstices flattish, the punctures sub- 

 foveiform ; legs smooth ; femora Avith a small distinct tooth 

 beneath. 



A remarkable species on account of its very long perfectly 

 straight neck, to which the prothorax, not as in other long- 

 necked species, contributes nothing. It does not fit into any of 

 M. Jekel's genera and manipuli ! 



