966 COLEOPTERA 



? . Rostrum very elongate (f line long), quite parallel, 

 arched, finely sculptured, antennae inserted just before the middle, 

 all the thighs unarmed. 



Closely related to D. trilobus, the beak more slender and elongate 

 in both sexes, and the elytra, instead of being nearly oblong, are 

 broadest near the middle and much narrowed behind ; in the male 

 the thighs are decidedly more slender and less dentate, and the eyes 

 are not so prominent. 



Length (rost. incl.), 2^-2^ lines ; breadth, f . 



Taken off the inflorescence of Aciphylla on Mount Egmont ; 

 elevation about 3,oooft. 



Eugnomus (p. 458). 



1744. E. monachus, n.s. Black, bearing fine black and grey 

 hairs ; a linear space on the middle of the thorax, and nearly the 

 whole disc of the elytra covered with elongate, depressed, grey 

 scales; legs and antennae blackish, the scape occasionally cas- 

 taneous. Underside black, more or less punctate, with grey hairs. 



Differs from E. interstitialis in having the hind-body longer, and, 

 consequently, of more oblong contour. The eyes, though prominent, 

 are more widely separated. The rostrum is rather narrower at the 

 base and more expanded apically. The head and thorax are as 

 coarsely but more closely punctured. The striae of the elytra seem 

 very much finer. The femora are quite normal in structure, the 

 tibia are flexuose, and the two hind pairs are a little produced 

 inwardly at the extremity. 



Length (rost. incl.), 2-2^ lines; breadth, f-f. 



Mount Egmont : elevation i^oooft. It frequents the flowers of 

 the Towai (Weinmannia racemosa). 



Group-CRYPTORHYNCHID^E. 



Acalles (P. 488). 



1745- A. floricola, n.s. Sub-ovate, convex ; densely covered 

 with yellowish-grey depressed and erect scales, intermingled here 

 and there with fuscous ones ; body pitchy-red or piceous, beak red, 

 antennae and tarsi fulvous. 



Hostrum as long as thorax, slightly arched, almost parallel, 

 shining, its sides more or less obviously grooved and punctured. 

 Antenna medially inserted,' scape shorter than funiculus, basal joint 

 of the latter rather long, second elongate but much shorter and 

 more slender than first ; club well limited, ovate. Thorax much 

 contracted in front, coarsely and closely punctured. No scutellum. 

 Elytra oviform, coarsely striate-punctate, their sides blackish. Legs 

 robust, tarsi stout, third joint distinctly lobate and expanded. 

 Underside pitchy-red ; metasternum short, coarsely and very 

 rugosely punctured ; the two basal segments large, the suture be- 

 tween them indistinct and much arcuated, the first more coarsely 

 punctated than the second, third and fourth short, with deep 

 sutures. 



