Mr. F. P, Pascoe ow new Curculionidce. 377 



giclium punctured and bordered on the sides with ochreous ; 

 body beneath nearly smooth, chestnut-brown, the episterna of 

 the metathorax with a dense ochreous squamosity ; legs 

 pitchy. 



Allied to S. rxifescens^ but readily distinguished by its 

 coloration. 



Cercidocerus heros. (PL XI. fig. 3.) 



C.{2) robustus, subellipticus, ' supra depressus, nigro-velutinus et 

 albo-hneatus ; elytris humeris antice productis. Long. 9 lin. 



Hah. Penang. 



Robust, subelliptic, depressed or flattish above, clothed with 

 a black velvety pile with white lines ; rostrum much shorter 

 than the prothorax, compressed, glossy black, except at the 

 base ; antennae black, the funicle scaly j prothorax oblong, 

 two narrow white lines from the apex gradually diverging 

 towards the base ; scutellum narrowly elongate ; elytra finely 

 striate, the apex of each rounded only externally, the shoulders 

 produced and slightly overlapping the base of the prothorax, 

 the basal margin white, with tw<5 or three short white lines 

 on the side and others behind the middle and at the apex ; 

 body beneath and legs black, sterna and femora clothed with 

 a delicate white pubescence. 



This fine species may be placed after C. indicator^ but the 

 lobed or projecting base of the elytra will at once distinguish 

 it from any other described species. The prothorax is appa- 

 rently without punctures ; but a strong lens shows that they 

 are present. The description is made from a female ; the 

 male I have not seen. 



Eugnoristus tristis. 



E. latiusculus, niger, opacus ; prothorace ( c? ) parum longiore quaru 

 latior, 5 breviore ; elytris in iitroque sexu paulo latioribus, sed 

 confertim punctatis. Long. 3|-5 lin. 



Hah. Madagascar. 



Eather broad, opaque black ; rostrum slender, glossy, shorter 

 than the prothorax in the male ; first and second joints of the 

 funicle equal in length ; prothorax almost transverse in the 

 female, larger in the male, rather closely punctured, the base 

 and sides with a border of pale greyish scales ; elytra coarsely 

 punctate-striate, the interstices with a row of coarse punctures, 

 a stripe of greyish scales along the suture, passing obliquely 

 to the sides at about a third part from the apex ; legs slender j 

 pro- and mesosterna densely covered with greyish scales. 



A very distinct species ; in E. monachus and niger the 

 second joint of the funicle is much larger than the first. 



