100 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Curculionide. 
broader than long, closely punctate ; elytra striate, hairs more 
numerous at the base, middle, and apex, the two interspaces 
band-like ; anterior femora very large, the tooth greatly pro- 
duced. 
This species is much narrower than any of its congeners. 
Asytesta antica. 
A, ovata, fusco-niger, opaca ; prothorace antice albo; rostro in me- 
dio leviter punctato ; elytris rugosis, granulatis. Long. 2? lin. 
Hab. Kaioa. 
Ovate, dull brownish black; rostrum slightly curved, the 
lower half with small sparse punctures ; antenne rather dull 
ferruginous ; prothorax finely punctured, anterior portion, 
except at the apex, covered with white or greyish scales, 
extending to the sides; elytra seriate-punctate, interstices 
granulate, the third raised, especially at the base ; body be- 
neath and legs with scatter ed white scales, 
In the genus Asytesta the intermediate and, to a much 
greater degree, the posterior coxe are widely apatt ; the first 
abdominal segment is as large as the rest together, overlapping 
and nearly hiding the second. The mesosternum is so short 
that the anterior and intermediate coxe are nearly contiguous 
on each side. ‘The species described above is easily recogni- 
zable by the white band on the prothorax. 
Acythopeus luxatus. 
A, subovatus, niger, subnitidus; prothorace macula utrinque ely- 
trisque vittis duabus ochraceis squamosis notatis. Long. 2 lin. 
Hab. Labuan. 
Subovate, black, slightly glossy ; prothorax on each side 
with an oblong spot and the elytra with the third interstice, 
except at the apex, covered with ochre-yellow scales ; rostr um 
roughly punctate; antenne pitchy; prothorax transverse, 
subquadrate, closely punctate; pectus, spots on the sternum 
and sides of the abdomen ochre-yellow. 
The species is differentiated by its shorter elytra as well as 
by its ochreous spots and stripes. 
Eugnoristus niger. 
E. elongatus, glaber, niger, subnitidus ; prothorace elongato, elytris 
latiore, subtiliter confertim punctulato. Long. 4 lin. 
Hab. Madagascar. 
Elongate, smooth, black, slightly glossy ; rostrum slender, 
not longer than the prothorax i in the female ; antenne slender, 
the basal joint not longer than the three next together; pro- 
a sae Bt 
