from the Eastern Archipelago. 219 



squamosis irregiilaritcr nigro maculatis ; pygidio fere obtccto ; 

 corpore infra dense albido-squamoso, epimeris mesotlioracis nigro 

 notatis ; pcdibus ut in praecedente. Long. 2 lin. 



Hah. Aru. 



From Saylee there is another species of this genus, probably 

 allied to this, but very much Tvorn. 



Beimoda. 



Rostrum modice robustum, prothorace vix longius, basi cylindricum, 

 lineatum ; scrohes medianoe. Funiculus 7-articulatu3, articiilis duo- 

 bus basalibus longioribus, cajteris brevibus, gradatim crassioribiis, 

 ultimo clava3 adnato. Prothorax transversus, utrinque rotundatus, 

 basi perparum bisinuatus. Elytra trigona, apice rotundata. Pedes 

 breves ; femora subincrassata, infra leviter dentata ; tihice valida?, 

 compressae, arcuataj, vel flexuosae, apicem versus crassiores ; tarsi 

 breviusculi. Epimera mesothoracis parum ascendentia. Propectus 

 canaliculatum. Coxa} antica3 sejunctoe. Abdomen segmentis tri- 

 bus intermediis sequalibus. 



A small dull-looking insect at present is the sole represen- 

 tative of this genus, which, however, is one of the most distinct 

 of the group. 



Brimoda pagana. 



B. Bubelliptica, fusea, parce rude griseo-squamosa ; rostro piceo, 

 basi paulo squamoso ; antennis subtestaceis ; prothorace modice 

 transverse, apice lato, utrinque manifesto rotundato, parce griseo- 

 squamoso, in medio carina abbreviata valida munito ; elytris for- 

 titer striato-punctatis, interstitiis convexis, tuberculato-asperatis, 

 squamis suberectis vestitis ; corpore infra femoribusque piceis, 

 dense albido-squamosis ; tibiis parce squamosis. Long. 1| lin. 



Hah. Singapore. 



OSPHILIA. 



Metiahnce fere congruens, sed rostro basi triangulariter compresso ; 

 tihils intermediis posticisque rectis, sublinearibus ; et corpore magis 

 elliptico. 



Whilst Metialma contains species nearly homogeneous, in 

 this genus they are more diversified, although there are several 

 which are so alike that, with my present materials, I have not 

 attempted to describe them. Three of these are allied to 0. 

 jlavirostris (two from Sula and one from Sarawak) ; and two 

 to 0. undata (one from Makian, the other from Batchian). 

 They are all thinly clothed with narrow scales, so narrow in 

 some as scarcely to be distinguished from hairs. A transverse 

 section of the rostrum at the base woidd be nearly represented 



