( 426 ) 



a subapical spot on the femora, a ring Ijefore middle of tibiae, and the base of tarsal 

 segments 1 and 2 luteons, covered with a clayish bnff pubescence. 



The three dorsal carinae of rostrum stojipiug in middle. Frons jnirallel. Eye 

 nearly circular. Pronotum minutely, but visibly punctured, with a very few incon- 

 spicuous clayLsh dots, besides the mesial vitta ; on each side of the vitta there is a 

 transverse arched sulcus, convex in front, the two sulci separate ; lateral angle 

 of carina rounded. Stripes of elytra deep. Abdomen (cJ) mesially depressed, 

 without tubercle. 



Length, 8 mm. 



Ilali. Dammer I., Bauda Sea, December 1898 ('J. Kiihn). 



One i. 



Similar to iiienniti (189."i) Jord., from North Luzon, but easily distiuguished by 

 the interrupted transverse pronotal sulcus, of which the two halves are arched, by 

 the absence of large confluent lateral markings from the pronotum, the depressed 

 middle of the abdomen, etc. 



31. Hucus striatus spec, no v. 

 (? ?. Brown, femora and tibiae more or less rufous, antenna] segments 1 to 8 of 

 ? also rufescent. Rostrum vertical, somewhat bent backwards, finely granulate- 

 punctate, with two slightly marked cariuae on each side between eye and dilated 

 apical jiart. Eye circular, feebly truncate beneath, encircled with a Inteous pubes- 

 cence, which forms a spot on frons and extends a little along the mesial line of the 

 rostrum ; cheek grey. Antenna of S more than twice the length of the body, 

 black, segment 9 grey, except apex ; segment 1 jn-olouged, clubbed, a little shorter 

 than 3, this not quite so long as 4, 4 = 5 = = 7, 8 = 3, 9 about half the length of 

 4 and four times as long as lU, this twice as long as broad, 11 shorter than 9, about 

 twice as long as in ; antenna of ? reaching basal third of elytra, segment 1 about 

 one-fourth shorter than 3, this a very little longer than 4, 5 = 6 = 7 <( 4 and > 8. 

 Prothorax very short, conical, finely grannlate-punctate above, with three straight 

 dorsal luteons grey lines, the lateral ones parallel with the sides, a further line 

 at each side not separated from the grey pubescence of the under surface ; carina 

 forming a lateral angle of 90", the tip of the angle rounded off. Elytra convex, 

 more strongly so than in lateralis (1895) Jord., finely striated, the alternate inter- 

 stices with thin luteons grey line, the three discal lines of each elytrum very 

 distinct ; the lines connected basally by a nebulous grey pubescence and in 

 middle by a transverse grey band which reaches laterally to the fourth line ; suture 

 grey at base ; interstices dark brown in front of and behind the transverse band. 

 Pygidium luteons grey. Underside all grey. Second and third tarsal segments 

 black beneath. 



Length, 3^ to 4 mm. 



Uab. Tambora, Sambawa, April — May 1896 (VV. Doherty), type, ^ ; Sapit, 

 Lombok, April 1896 (Fruhstorfer), ?. 



One pair. 



32. Hucus persimilis spec. nov. 



cj ? . Similar to the preceding, but the carinae of the rostrum more prominent, 



the mesial line of the pronotum thinner, and the lateral ones broader and less 



sharply marked. All the dorsal interstices of the elytra with short luteons grey 



lines behind the base and before the apex, the postbasal streaks forming a distinct 



