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8. HOPLISTODERA SUBACTA. 



JEneo-picea, lata, aspere punctata ; rostrum testaceum, apice nigrum ; 

 thorax spinis latissiinis subacutis non exlensis ; sculellum maximum, 

 callis duobus banalibus apiceque pallide luteis ; pectoris segmenta 

 liiteo marginata ; pedes pallide lutei, iiigro conspersi, 



Jilneous-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. Anlennte 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 tip pale luteous. Pectus pale luteous on the borders 

 of the segments. Legs pale luleous, stout; femora and tibiae speckled with 

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



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



Genus 14. ALCIMUS, C. H. 218. 

 1. Alcimus lineolatus, C. H. 218. 

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



2. Alcimus lineosiis. 



Niger, crassus, scile punctatus ; caput vitiis duabus anticis maculisqiie 

 Iribus luteis ; rostrum pallide luteum, apice nigrum; antennce picece, 

 basi lulecB ; thorax atomis fasciisque duabus pallide luteis, fascia \a 

 his interrupla nigro inlerlineata, 2a interrupta, spi7its crassis longis- 

 simis peracutis subasceiidentibus sulcatis luteo strigatis ; scutellum 

 callis duabus basalibus vitlisque quatuor pallide luteis ; pedes lutei ; 

 aim 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 ihe hind border and the anleniiiCerous tubercles; lobes 

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

 coxae; tip black. Antennae piceous, slender, a little more than half the 

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

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

 third, a litile longer than the fifth. Thorax wilh pale luleous speckles, in 

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

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

 lupted black line; second band interrupted in tlie middle; spines slightly 

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

 with three pale luteons streaks at the base. SculelluiTi extending nearly 

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

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

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

 united btiyoud the iuucr stripes. Pectus and under side of abdomen with 



