98 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Curculionide. 
genus may perhaps be best compared in superticial resem- 
blance to Euthyrhinus, to which, however, except as a member 
of the same subfamily, it cannot be said to be allied. The pro- 
thoracic ridge is formed by an abrupt deflection at the sides 
posteriorly. The scales overlap one another as in a fish. 
Diphilus squamosus. 
D, ellipticus, griseo-squamosus, prothorace in medio lineis duabus 
fuscis, postice divergentibus ; antennis ferrugineis. Long. 33 lin. 
Hab. Siam. 
Elliptic, covered with greyish overlapping scales; two dark 
brown stripes, beginning at the apex of the prothorax, diver- 
ging towards the base ; antenne ferruginous ; scape gradually 
thicker from the base, the two basal joints of the funicle equal 
in length, the remainder very transverse, club as long as the 
last five joints together; prothorax transverse, narrowed and 
slightly bilobed at the apex, then incurved and rounded to the 
base, two dark brown stripes, nearly contiguous anteriorly, but 
gradually diverging behind; scutellum black, not scaly, in- 
conspicuous; elytra convex behind the base, roughly striate- 
punctate, obtusely apiculate, ridged at the suture posteriorly ; - 
interstices more or less tuberculate ; the two basal segments 
of the abdomen with approximate scales, the posterior angu- 
larly dilated on the outer edge. 
Dipaltosternus Fairmairet. 
D. late ovatus, crassus, squamulis griseis fuscisque dense tectus ; 
elytris striatis, antice impunctatis ; tibiis intermediis dente valido 
in medio extrorsum armatis. Long. 4 lin. 
Hab. Fiji. 
Broadly ovate, stout, closely covered with grey and brown 
scales, the latter in indefinite spots and patches; rostrum 
pitchy at the apex; antenna glossy ferruginous, second joint 
of the funicle longer than the first, the rest transverse ; pro- 
thorax feebly bilobed at the apex, the disk somewhat irregular 
and with four small tufts of erect brown scales; scutellum 
distinct; elytra slightly broader than the prothorax at the 
base, the shoulders rather angular, striate, striae narrow, im- 
punctate at the base, but with shallow punctures or impres- 
sions posteriorly; body beneath glossy black, with small 
scattered scales ; fore tibize longest, straight, the intermediate 
with a prominent tooth at the middle externally. 
If I am right in referring this species to M. Fairmaire’s 
genus, it differs from his D. insidiator in the absence of 
granules and tubercles on the elytra, and in their nearly im- 
