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lata, articulis duobus basalibus transversis, ultimo conico ; pro- 
thorace oblongo-conico, sat fortiter conyexo, subtiliter punctato ; 
scutello manifeste transverso ; elytris breviusculis, leviter striato- 
punctatis, interstitiis latis, planatis, impunctatis ; tibiis fuscatis, 
integris. Long. 1? lin. 
Hab. Macassar. 
Allied to 2. levigatus, but the rostrum different, and the 
elytra impunctate, except in the striae. 
Rhynchites estuans. 
R. filvo-rufus, Jevissimus, nitidus, tibiis extus tarsisque nigres- 
centibus ; capite impunctato; rostro prothorace vix longiore, fere 
obsolete punctato, basi integro; oculis haud prominulis ; antennis 
mediocribus, articulis duobus basalibus majusculis, sequentibus 
gradatim brevioribus, clava magna, infuscata, art. duobus basalibus 
transversis, ultimo conico; prothorace oblongo-conico, impunc- 
tato; scutello transverso ; clytris breviter ovatis, seriatim ocellato- 
punctatis, interstitiis planatis, impunctatis; tibiis integris. Long. 
12 lin. 
Hab. 'Tondano. 
In outline closely resembling the preceding, but differing in 
coloration, sculpture of the rostrum, Ke. 
Tthynchites leucothyreus. 
R. subpurpureo-niger, pube erecta grisea vestitus, scutello dense albo- 
villoso ; capite minusculo, angusto, inter oculos profunde longitu- 
dinaliter sulcato ; rostro prothorace vix longiore, grosse punctato, 
a basi ad apicem gradatim latiore, longitudinaliter carinato ; oculis 
magnis, prominulis; antennis articulo tertio, quarto quintoque 
conjunctim equalibus, his sequentibusque gradatim crassioribus et 
plus minusve triangularibus ; clava majuscula, articulis duobus 
basalibus oblongo-triangularibus, ultimo ovato-acuminato; pro- 
thorace oblongo, utrinque modice rotundato, confertim punctulato ; 
scutello oyato; elytris breviusculis, profunde striato-punctatis, 
interstitlis convexis, in certa luce quasi subcostatis ; tibiis sub- 
compressis, integris. Long. 13 lin. 
Hab. Sula; Aru. 
In contour like 2. conicus, but with shorter elytra. 
Rhynchites venustus. 
R. splendide aureo-cupreus, subtus pedibusque concinne violaceis ; 
capite elongato, angustato, inter oculos fovea profunde impresso ; 
rostro capiti contiguo, modice elongato, compresso, lateribus basi 
planato, apice violaceo, dilatato; oculis modice prominulis; an- 
tennis articulis quinque basalibus subeequalibus, sexto obconico 
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