64 Dr. Sharp on the Rhynchophorous 



RhyncJiites fancbris, n. s. 

 Latior, niger, capite brevi sat lato ; prothorace densissime punc- 

 tato, opaco ; elytris seriatim punctatis, seriebus subtilibus, inter- 

 stitiis parce punctatis, nitidis, interstitio primo ad basin punctis 

 nullis (vel tantum uno) adjectis. Long, absque rostro, 5^ mm. ; 

 rostri, 2 mm. 



This also is allied to B. amabilis, but is of large size, entirely 

 black in colour, and lias a much finer sculpture. The eyes are not 

 large ; the head between them is very deeply and coarsely punc- 

 tate. The thorax is ruuch narrower than the elytra, rounded at 

 the sides, deeply and very densely punctate, subcarinate along the 

 middle. Elytra with short pubescence, very regular series of fine 

 punctures, and the interstices only finely and quite sparingly 

 punctate. 



Sapporo ; one example, probably a female. 



Rhynchites jnlosus. 



Rhynchites pilosus, Eoelofs, Ann. Soc, Ent. Belg., xvii., 

 p. 145. 



Described by M. Eoelofs from two individuals. It 

 appears, however, to be the least rare of the Japanese 

 species of the genus, and I have now before me a fine 

 series of examples from various localities, amongst 

 which Yezo is included. 



R. jnlosus is remarkable from the elongate hairs 

 clothing the surface; these are erect, dark in colour, 

 and b}'' no means dense. The species is not allied to 

 R. conicus, but is perhaps more similar to R. paralleliiias : 

 but it has a narrower thorax, and more scanty punctua- 

 tion : the series of punctures on the elytra are not 

 placed in strise, consequently there is not the least 

 elevation of the interstices ; the punctures of the inter- 

 stices are large but not numerous. The difference 

 between the sexes seems very slight : the punctuation of 

 the thorax is denser in some examples ; except in this 

 the specimens exhibit little variety. 



Rhynchites brevirostris. 



Rhynchites brevirostris, Roelofs, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 

 xvii, p. 148. 



This also was described from two examples ; a male of 



