130 Mr. D. Sharp on some 



with long hairs on each side and with very short clliEe in 

 the middle. 



I have received two males and a female of this species 

 from Mr. Blackburn as No. 76; he states that it occurs 

 on the flowers of the palm in the mountain forests. 



2. Gonioryctus Blackburni, n. sp. Haud latus, tes- 

 taceo ferrugineus, thorace abdomineque indistincte fusco- 

 vittatis ; elytris infuscatis, circa scutellum dilutioribus, dis- 

 tincte sed parum profunde sulcatis, interstitiis angustis, 

 marginibus pone humeros vix explanatis. Long. 5^ mm. 



Though very much smaller than Gonioryctus latus, 

 this species is closely allied to it, but is undoubtedly quite 

 distinct ; the punctuation of the exposed dorsal segments 

 is sparing and indistinct. 



The male has the terminal portion of the apical dorsal 

 segment more elongate than in G. latus, and its hind 

 margin quite straight, the small additional segment is 

 ciliate as in G. latus, and the hind margin of the apical 

 ventral segment is shaped as in that species. 



I have received a single specimen as No. 77, and am 

 informed that solitary individuals are found rarely on 

 flowers of trees in the mountains. 



Obs. — Though I have not myself seen the female of 

 this species, I am informed by Mr. Blackburn that it has 

 the apical dorsal segment distinctly tuberculate in the 

 middle near the hind margin, and that this latter is rounded, 

 and not emarginate as in G. latus. 



3. Gonioryctus monticola, n. sp. Haud latus, ferru- 

 gineus, fere opacus, tenuissime pubescens, fortiter punc- 

 tatus; prothorace minus transverso, posterius angustato, 

 anterius emargiuato, angulis anterioribus per-rotundatis ; 

 elytris thorace haud sesqui longioribus, obsolete striatis, 

 lateribus late explanatis; segmentis dorsalibus fortiter 

 punctatis. Long. 5\ mm.; lat. 1^- mm. 



In this species the elytra are scarcely sulcate, the obscure 

 longitudinal depressions are, perhaps, more like strise than 

 in Gonioryctus latus or G. Blackburni. 



The male has the dorsal plate of the last segment with 

 its apical portion narrower than it is in G. latus, its hind 

 margin being rounded ; in other respects the characters of 

 this sex are similar in the two species. 



I have received a single specimen from Mr. Blackburn 



