*72 Dr. Sharp on the Rhynchophorous 



mannerheimii is older than megacephalus, although it has 

 been usually treated as subsequent. 



Deporaus amurensis. 



RhyncMtes amurensis, Faust, Deutsche Ent. Z., xxvi., 

 p. 285. 



Schonfeldt, in his Catalogue Sup,, 1888, p. 49, states 

 ,he has a single example of this species from Tokio. 



AULETES. 



AuLETES, Schonherr, Gen. et Spec. Cure, i., 1, p. 243. 



I am not acquainted with the typical species, A. 

 tuhicen, of this genus ; it is said to have the claws 

 unappendiculate. If that be the case, the Japanese 

 species here assigned to it will have to be placed in 

 another genus. 



Auletes basilaris. 



, Auletes basilaris (Gyll.), Schon., Cure, v., pt. i., 

 ; p. 346. 



This has not hitherto been recorded from Siberia, but 

 I have examples of it from Amur-land in my collection. 

 Mr. Lewis procured it very sparingly in Japan, at Fuku- 

 shima, on July 27th, and at Wada-toge on August 1st, 

 1881. 



Auletes puherulus. 



'Auletes puherulus, Faust, Deutsche Ent. Z., xxvi., 

 1882, p. 283. 



■Faust's description was made on an insect found in 

 Amul'-land. I refer to it, with some doubt, two speci- 

 mens in bad preservation, found by Mr. Lewis at Oyama. 

 Though similar to A. uniformis in size and colour and 

 pubescence, the species is readily distinguished by the 

 insertion of the antennae being basal. 



Auletes calvus, n. s. 



Niger, sat nitidus, fortiter punctatus, antennis minus elongatis, 

 articulis 2o — 8in rufo-obscuris. Long, cum rostro, 2^ mm. 



"Rostrum slender, but rather short, with very little sculj)ture. 

 Antennae inserted quite at the base of the i-ostrum. Head shining, 

 coarsely and closely punctate. Thorax much rounded at the sides, 



