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fijv. 21 , under the name of Sfenocere Damier, are doubtless also Ncs- 

 sianv. Nessiam centralis, Pasc, is found in the Moluccas, as well 

 as in Borneo. 



Basitropis [AnthribidajJ. 

 Jekel, Tns. Saundorsianu, p. 90. 



Basitroj^is solitarius. 



B. elongato-subcylindriciis, fusco-tomentosiis ; capito prothoracequo ob- 

 scure griseo-variis ; elytris striato-pimctatis, interstitiis altemis elevatis, 

 in*eg:ulariter albo-maculatis. 



Hah. Moreton Bay. 



Elono-ate, subcylindrieal, with a short dark brow-n tomentum, slightly 

 varied with greyish-white ; head shortly ovate, eyes rather large ; pro- 

 thorax a little longer than wide, varied anteriorly and at the sides 

 with greyish ; scutellum minute ; elytra punctate-striate, the alternate 

 interstices raised and spotted with white, the spots a little before, as 

 well as behind the middle, elongate, forming an indistinct, oblique, 

 band-like mark ; antennae dark brown ; legs paler, varied mth greyish ; 

 body beneath greyish-brown. Length 3 lines. 



This species, together with B. per eg Anus and B. ingratus from 

 Port Essington, described by me in a recent number of the ' Annals 

 and Magazine of Natural History' (Dec. 1859, pp. 432, 433), itc, 

 differ from B. nitidicutis, Jekel, the iy^o of the genus, in their nar- 

 rower and more elongate form, and their brown, not ashy, colour. 



DnfORnoPALA [Curculionidae]. 



ead small, abruptly contracted below the eyes into a short rostrum. 

 Eyes large, roimd, prominent. Antennae short, sti*aight, arising close to 

 the eyes in a cavity formed between them and a short thick process, 

 twelve-jointed, the first subppiform, elongate, the second shorter, sub- 

 cylindrical, the third to the eighth slender, gradually diminishing in 

 length, the last four forming an ovate compact club. Prothorax sub- 

 triangular, lobed at the base, narrow anteriorly, irregular above. Eh^ra 

 large, much wider than the prothorax at the base, very irregular and 

 spinous. Anterior and iutennediate legs moderate, the femora clavate 

 and unidentate beneath, each tibia with a single ciu-ved spm*; the 

 posterior longer, their femora slender at the base, abruptly clavate at 

 the apex, and armed with a strong tooth, their tibioe strongly com- 

 pressed and curved; the tarsi of all short, the penultimate joints 

 broadly lobed; claws toothed beneath; anterior coxae approximate, 

 intermediate and posterior widely apart. Meso- and metasterua very 

 large. 



The affinity of this genus is no doubt with Tachygonm, and judging 

 from its posterior legs, it is probably also saltatorial. As the import- 



