Asiatic Species of Rhynchites. 395 
arcuato, subpiceo, nitido, remote punctato; antennis nigris, bre- 
vibus, subbasalibus, art. duobus basalibus equalibus, quam tertio 
quartoque paulo longioribus, quinto breviore, 6°, 7° ,8° rotundatis, 
monuliformibus; clava magna, distincta, art. duobus basalibus trans- 
versis, ultimo ovato; prothorace majusculo, subtransverso, utrinque 
rotundato, in medio anguste sulcato, remote punctulato ; elytris 
fortiter sulcato-punctatis, punctis subquadratis approximatis, in- 
terstitiis uniseriatim leviter punctulatis ; tibiis costulatis. Long. 
23 lin. 
Hab. Penang. 
In the size and form of its head this species approaches the 
genus Auletes. 
Lthynchites tenuirostris. 
R. niger, nitidus, parcius nigro-setulosus ; capite antice modice lato ; 
rostro tenui, fere recto, glabro, basi breviter tricarinulato ; oculis 
valde prominulis; antennis longis, subbasalibus, articulis 7°, 8° 
longitudine 3°, 4° eequalibus ; clava distincta, elongata ; prothorace 
oblongo, subcylindrico, remote punctulato ; elytris fortiter striato- 
punctatis, striis pilis albidis in serie unica remote obsitis, inter- 
stitiis modice convexis, remote uniseriatim punctulatis ; tibiis longe 
pilosis costulatis. Long. 23 lin. 
Hab. Sarawak. 
This and the preceding, although agreeing in the broad 
head, have radically different antennee, and are in other respects 
very dissimilar. 
Rhynchites corallinus. 
R. coccineus, nitidus, apice rostri tibiisque infuscatis ; capite pone 
oculos elongato, in medio transversim constricto, vage subtiliter 
punctulato; rostro prothorace sesquilongiore, basi culminato, api- 
cem versus sensim fortiter dilatato ; oculis prominulis; antennis 
nigris, articulis tertio quartoque longioribus et equalibus, sequen- 
tibus sensim brevioribus et paulo latioribus, quinto sextoque 
minus triangularibus; tribus ultimis precedenti vix crassioribus : 
prothorace vix longiore quam latiore, antice angustiore, utrinque 
rotundato, subvage punctato ; scutello triangulari, sed fere inviso ; 
elytris suboblongis, profunde sulcato-punctatis, interstitiis elevatis, 
confertim punctatis, griseo-pubescentibus ; tibiis integris; tarsis 
articulo basali, presertim posticis, elongato. Long. 3 lin. 
Hab. Malacca. 
This is an aberrant species, and when the sexes are known 
may probably be regarded as generically distinct. 
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