3Ir. W. L. Distant on undescribed Rhyncliota. 505 



pronotum ; nntenii.'o witli the first joint longest, about as 

 long as the anterior femora, second almost half as long as 

 first and a little longer than either third or fourth ; rostrum 

 reaching the anterior cox.'p ; pronotum considerably shorter 

 than head, anterior and posterior margins very slightly 

 sinuate, the lateral margins rounded, moderately, centrally, 

 longitudinally depressed ; mesonotum about twice the length 

 of pronotum ; hemelytra rudimentary in all the specimens at 

 present examined ; anterior femora in (J only moderately 

 incrassate, scarcely more so than in ? , but armed with a 

 broad and distinct spine a little beyond middle, unarmed in ? ; 

 anterior tarsus with a distinct curved bristle near base. 



The most marked character of tiiis genus is to be found 

 in the strongly spined femora of the c? • 



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Asclepios annandalei, sp. n. (See text-figure.) 



Head above ochraceous, with a broad central longitudinal 

 spot and the extreme apex black, eyes also black ; antennae 

 with the first and second joints ochraceous, extreme apex of 



Ann. t£; Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. xv. M 



