A.suitic SjH'cies o/'Rliyncliitcs. .'ilK'J 



I;ita. arli( ulis {liiolms hasalibus Iransversis, ultimo coiiico ; pro- 

 thoiaoi' uliloii^o-coiiico, sat Ibrtitor convcxo, su])tilit<'r j)unctato ; 

 Hcuttllo maiiift'ste transverso ; dytris brcviiisculis, leviter striato- 

 punctatis, iiiterstitiis lalis, planatis, impuiictatis ; tit)iis fiiscatis, 

 intc'?:ri.s. Lonj:;. 1 J liii. 



//(ih. Macassar. 



Allied to JL l<pri<ja(iis, but the vostnmi diflVrcut, and the 

 elytra iinpuiictate, except in the striiu. 



RhynrJiites cesfuans. 



R. f Jvo-riifus, Ircvissimus, nitidus, tibiis cxtus tarsisqiie njnjroa- 

 ct ntibiis ; capite iinpmictati) ; rostro prothoraco vix loiigiorc, fere 

 obsolete punctato, basi integro ; oculis baud prominulis ; anteniiis 

 niediocribus, articulis duobus basalibiis niajiisculis, sequentibus 

 ijnulatira brevioribvis. elava magna, infiiseata, art. duobus basalibus 

 transversis, ultimo couico ; prothoraee oblongo-conico, impunc- 

 tato ; scutello transvei-so ; elytris breviler ovatis, seriatim ocellato- 

 punetatis, intei-stitiis planatis, impunctatis ; tibiis integris. Long. 

 ]| lin. 



Hah. Timdano. 



In outline closely reseniLling the preceding, but differing in 

 coloration, sculpture of the rostrum, cK:c. 



Bhynch I'tes leiicotliyreus. 



R. subpurpureo-uigcr, pube crccta grisca vcstitus, seutello dense albo- 

 \-illoso : capite minuseulo, angusto, inter oculos profunde longitu- 

 dinaliter sulcato ; rostro prothoraee vix longiore, grosse punctato, 

 a basi ad apicem gradatim latiore, longitudinaliter carinato ; oculis 

 magnis, prominulis ; antennis articido tcrtio, quarto quintoque 

 conjunctim oecjualibus, his sequentibusque gradatim crassioi'ibus et 

 plus miiuisve tiiangularibus ; clava majuscula, articulis duobus 

 basalibus oblongo-triangularibus, iiltimo ovato-aeuminato ; pro- 

 thoraee oblongo, utrinque modiee rotundato, confertim puiictulato ; 

 scutello ovato ; elytris breviusculis, profuncte striato-punctatis, 

 interstitiis convexis, in certa luce quasi subcostatis ; tibiis sub- 

 compressis, integris. Long, ly lin. 



Ilah. Sula ; Aru. 



In Contour like U. conicus, but with shorter elytra. 



Rhynchites venustus. 



R. splendide aureo-cupreus, subtus pcdibusque concinnc violaceis ; 

 cajnte elongate, augustato, inter oculos fovea profunde irapresso ; 

 rostro capiti contiguo, modiee elongate, comprcsso, lateribus basi 

 planato, apice violaeeo, dilatato ; oculis modiee prominulis ; an- 

 tennis articulis quinque ba.salibus subtequalibus, sexto obconieo 



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