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8. HOPLISTODERA SUBACTA. 



/Eneo-picea^ lata, aspere punctata ; rostrum testaceum, apice nigrum ; 

 l/turax spinis lalissimis subaculis non extensis ; sculellum maximum^ 

 callis duobus basalibus apiceque pallide luteis ; pectoris segmenta, 

 luleo marginata ; pedes pallide lutei, nigra conspersi. 



-iEneous-piceous, broad, oval, shining', roughly punctured above and 

 beneath. Head conical ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum testaceous, black 

 towards the lip, extending nearly to the hind border of the first abdominal 

 segment. AnlenucE piceous, slender; first joint not extending to the front 

 of the head; second much shorter than the third; fourth a little longer 

 than the third. Thorax with a smooth transverse callus on each side in 

 front; spines short, very broad, slightly acute. Sculellum extending nearly 

 to the tip of the abdomen ; a large callus on each side at the base and the 

 whole breadth at the lip pale luteous. Pectus pale luteous on the borders 

 of the segmenls. Legs pale luteous, stout; femora and tibiae speckled with 

 black. Membrane of the fore wings brown. Length of the body 4^ lines. 



a. Celebes. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



Genus 14. ALCLMUS, C. H. 218. 

 1. Alcimus lineolatus, C. H. 218. 

 a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



2. AlCIMUS LINEOSl'S. 



Niger, or assus, scite punctatus ; caput vittis duabus anlicis maculisque 

 tribus luteis ; rostrum pallide luleum, apice nigrum; antennw picea, 

 basi lulece ; thorax atomis fasciisque duabus pallide luteis, fascia la 

 bis inierrupta nigro inlerlineala, 2a interrupta, spinis crassis longis- 

 simis peracutis suhaf^cendentibus sulcalis luteo strigatis ; sculellum 

 callis duabus basalibus vittisque qualuor pallide luteis ; pedes lutei ; 

 alcE anticce luteo quinque vittatce ; membrana fusca. 



Black, oval, thick, thinly and finely punctured. Head short, with pale 

 luteous marks; these are two stripes in front, a spot on each side between 

 the eyes, a spot near the hind border and the anlennilerous tubercles; lobes 

 of equal length. Rostrum pale luteous, extending a little beyond the hind 

 coxa?; lip black. Antennaj piceous, slender, a little more than half the 

 length of the body; first joint pale luteous, not extending to the front of 

 the head ; second much shorter than the third ; fourth shorter than tlie 

 third, a little longer than the fifth. Thorax with pale luteous speckh s, iu 

 front of which there are two irregular pale luteous bands; first band inter- 

 rupted on each side, its middle part containing a transverse twice inter- 

 rupted black line; second band interrupted in the middle; spines slightly 

 ascending, very long and thick and acute, furrowtd in front and behind, 

 with three pale liiteons strciks at the base. Sculellum extending nearly 

 to the tip of the abdomen, with a large pale luteous callus on each side at 

 the base and with four pule luteous stripes, the inner stripes slightly 

 diverging from each other hindward and then united ; the outer stripes 

 united beyoud the inuer stripes. Pectus aud under side of abdomuu with 



