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56. Basitropis diluta spec. nov. 



<S ?. Brown -black ; legs and autenua rufons, middle of femora black. Upper- 

 aud underside densely pubescent grey, the pubescence of the pronotUm and of a 

 median area on the elytrnm clay-colour, brown ground-colour almost completely 

 concealed, an ill-defined spot in middle of elytrnm, situated within the clay area, 

 and shoulder-angle brown. Rostrum less than twice as broad as long, being 

 obviously longer than in B. peregrinns (1859; Pascoe ; sides parallel; a narrow 

 mesial groove at base. Antenna of S gradually widened from segment 7, 

 segments T and 8 distinctly asymmetrical, especially 8 ; club of ? with three 

 segments. Prothorax a little longer than bi'oad, sides nearly parallel from base 

 to middle, puncturarion rather fine and disj)ersed, Stripes of elytrnm feebly 

 impressed, exce])t the sutnral one. Punctures of prosteruum sparser anteriorly in 

 middle than towards the coxae. Foretibiae without distinct apical tooth. Abdomen 

 of c? not imjiressed, anal segment rounded. 



Length, 9 mm. 



Hab. Mailu, July 1895, and Moroka, October 1895, British New Guinea 

 (Anthony). 



One S, two ? ?. 



57. Basitropis rotundata spec. nov. 



(??. Similar iii colour to B. affinis. Short, npperside strongly convex. 

 Rostrum short ; prothorax rather strongly rounded at the sides, especially in S ; 

 tibiae simple. Antenna of S gradually dilated from segment 7. 



Length, 6 to 8 mm. 



Hab. Palembang, Sumatra, type ; North Borneo, Palawan. 



Nine specimens. 



Easily distinguished from nitidicutis by the unicolorous tibiae. 



NoTK. Basitropis nitidicutis (1855) Jekel = mucidus (1859) Pascoe = dispar 

 (1891) Shari)e = A;-«m (1897) Jord. 



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