OTIORHYXCHIDAE. 415 



3885. Catoptes albosparsus sp. n(n\ 



Opaque, nigi-eseent, legs and antennae dark fusco-rufous ; the clotliing 

 variegate, consisting chiefly of depressed fuscous squamae ; rather palei- 

 brown ones cover a great portion of the thorax, the suture, and the 3rd 

 and 5th interstices of the elytra, and whitish ones form several small spots 

 on the dorsum ; setae numerous, short, erect, and fuscous principally, but. 

 there are many quite white conspicuous ones also. 



Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, very slightly dilated at the anten- 

 nal insertion, straight elsewhere, thickly covered Avith scales and setae which 

 render the carina indistinct. Thorax oviform, a little broader than long, 

 with a slight longitudinal depression at the base, its pmictation concealed, 

 without inequalities. Scutellum w^hite. Blvtra oblong, quite twice the 

 length of thorax, slightly broader, and subtruncate, at the base, moderately 

 narrowed but not vertical behind ; the suture only slightly elevated behind 

 and bearing a few white setae just below the top of the declivity, 3rd inter- 

 stices only feebly raised, each terminating in a blackish spot, bordered 

 behind with grey, but not distinctly nodiform there ; they are apparently 

 sti-iate-punctate. 



Scape stout, normal ; 2nd joint of funiculus shghtly longer than the 

 basal, 3rd a little longer than broad, joints 4 7 short and moniliform ; club 

 elongate. 



Legs stout, tibiae slightly flexuous and bearing numerous short erect 

 setae. 



Ocular lobes moderate. Eyes subiotundate, just free from thorax. 

 Scrobes short, subapical, visible above. Posterior corbels normal. 



The first part of the description will at once lead to its identification. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 4| mm. ; breadth, quite l-J- mm. 



Ben Lomond. Unique. Found by Mi'. T. Hall, 6th March, 1914, at 

 an elevation of nearly 4,000 ft. 



3886. Catoptes pallidipes sp. nov. 



Subovate, without inequalities, opaque ; fuscous, legs and tarsi fusco- 

 testaceous, antennae fusco-rufous ; covered with depressed, infuscate and 

 grey squamae, the paler ones irregularly distributed on the dorsum but 

 almost entirely covering the posterior decli\'ity ; the setae short, greyish, 

 mostly decumbent. 



Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, parallel, squamose, obsoletely cari- 

 nate, transversely depressed at the base. Thorax oviform, slightly broader 

 than long, its sculpture hidden. Scutellum .subtriangular. Elytra rather 

 broad, subcordate, nearly thrice the length of thorax, the base oblique 

 towards the suture, rather broader than that of the thorax, with curvedly 

 narrowed shoulders, not vertical behind ; they are finely striate-pmictate, 

 with simple intei'stices, the suture, however, is somewhat convex along the 

 decli\dty and subcristate half-way down. 



Scape stout, bai-ely reaching thoi'acic apex, with decumbent setae ; 2nd 

 joint of fimiculus as long as the 1st, neither elongate, joints 3 7 short ; 

 club elongate-oval. 



Ocular lobes slightly developed. Eyes just free from thorax, sub- 

 rotundate, rather large, flat. Scrobes short, visible above. Legs moderate, 

 tibiae slightly flexuous. 



This is about the smallest species as yet made known. The hind-bod v 

 is, proportionally, rather broad. 



