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closely and coarsely punctate. Elytra also coarsely punctate, the 

 sculpture on the basal part slightly granular. 



Ogura lake, July 1st, 1881 ; a single specimen. 



This insect is without any pubescence on the upper 

 surface : it is possible, as I have only one example to 

 judge from, that this may be due to abrasion, but I do 

 not think so ; even if that should prove to be the case, 

 the species may be distinguished from the preceding by 

 its smaller size, rather shorter rostrum, antennae, and 

 thorax. In A. calvus the ninth and tenth joints of the 

 antennae are transverse; in A. puheridus this is not the 

 case. The prosternal epimera are, I think, connected 

 together behind the coxae. 



Auletes submaculatus, n. s. 



Corpore subtus, capite rostroque nigris, thorace rufo-testaceo, 

 elytris testaceis, pube depressa subvariegatis. Long, cum rostro, 

 4^ mm. 



Eostrum slender ; antennae long and slender, blackish, the bases 

 of each of the middle joints largely yellow. Thorax excessively 

 densely punctate, so as to be almost rugose, but the punctuation is 

 not coarse. Elytra subasperately, but finely sculptured, clothed 

 with a depressed pallid pubescence over a broad space at the base, 

 then bare across the middle, and on each in front of the apex with 

 an irregular ring of pallid pubescence. Legs yellow, apices of the 

 tarsi fuscous. Claws appendiculate. 



Of this very distinct species only a single example was 

 found; it is somewat immature. August 27th, 1881. 



Auletes fumigatus. 



Auletes fumigatus, Eoelofs, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., xvii., 

 p. 151. 



Auletes testaceus. 

 Auletes testaceus, Eoelofs, I. c, p. 152. 



AULETOBIUS. 



Desbrochees, L'Aheille, v., p. 396. 



This genus appears to me entitled to distinction from 

 Auletes. The rostrum is broader, the antenna inserted 

 some distance in front of its base, and in addition, in all 



