Mr, F. P. Pascoe on new Curculionide. 97 
joints equal in length ; prothorax very transverse, the ante- 
rior half almost abruptly rounded and ending in a short 
tubular apex ; scutellum round; elytral strize covered by the 
scales ; legs pitchy, with a few scattered scales. 
MIOCALLES. 
Rostro latiusculo vel depresso et prothorace apice producto, caput 
oceultante ab Acalle differt. 
Acalles as it now stands is a collection of genera, and defies 
definition, although Lacordaire hesitated to separate it from 
Tylodes. ‘The two characters given above, however, are 
foreign to all the typical members of the genus. ‘lhe type is 
a prettily marked little species, which is not true, as its name 
implies, of any Acalles. 
Miocalles notatus. 
M. ovatus, griseo- et fusco-squamosus, supra pedibusque spinulis 
erectis fuscis ; elytris basi maculis elongatis albis ornatis. Long. 
it in. 
Hab. Aru, Mysol. 
Ovate, covered with grey and brown scales, the prothorax, 
elytra, and legs with dark brown erect squamiform spines ; 
the rostrum, antennee, middle of the prothorax, and two linear 
spots at the base of the elytra white, a band behind the middle 
paler ; prothorax longer than broad, rather gibbous in the 
middle, and slightly grooved; elytra striate-punctate, the 
second interstice elevated and carrying the white scales at the 
base, and followed by dark brown scales as far as the band ; 
body beneath black, with fewer scales. 
In the specimen from Mysol the white is replaced by 
greyish. 
DIPHILUS. 
Rostrum breve, latum, depressum, fere rectum ; scrobes mediane, 
laterales. Oculi ovati, grosse granulati. Antenne crassiuscule, 
funiculus articulis duobus basalibus equalibus; clava distincta. 
Prothorax apice productus, lateribus subcarinatis. Scutellum 
parvum. Hlytra convexa, prothorace haud latiora. ima pec- 
toralis pone coxas anteriores terminata, apice cavernosa, Veta- 
sternum breviusculum. Abdomen segmentis basalibus ampliatis, 
sutura arcuata separatis. Femora et thie compress, ila mu- 
tica, et infra canaliculata ; tarsi articulis duobus basalibus parvulis, 
angustis, tertio fortiter bilobo; wngwiculi liberi. Corpus haud 
setosum. 
Among the well-known forms of Cryptorhynchine this 
