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squamosa marginato ; elytris in medio prothorace paulo latioribus, 

 seriatim conferte et grosse punctatis, interstitiis iudistinctis, in 

 siugulo elytro maculis quinque niveo-squamosis decoratis ; corpora 

 infra nigro, pectore ante coxas anticas linea curvata, metasterno 

 antice, segmentis abdominis tertio quartoque utrinque et ultimo 

 toto, mveis; pedibus parce niveo-setosis ; femoribus tibiisoue 

 albo timbriatis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hob. Gilolo. 



Arachnopus phaleratus. PI. XVI. fig. 9 

 A. ovatus, niger ; rostro ( S ) basi tenui, modice punctato, ( 5 ) basi 

 tumidulo, magis rude punctato ; ocuHs supra albo marginatis • 

 protborace latenbus antice fortiter rotundatis, deiude subparaUelis' 

 confertim granulato-punctato, punctis plerumque griseo-squa- 

 migeris, linea laterali ab apiee ad basin decorato ; elytris grosse 

 sulcato-punctatis, punctis approximatis, interstitiis tuberculatis 

 Yitta suturaK fascusque duabus augustis niveis, una basaU, altera 

 curvata mediana; corpore infra nigra, pectore segmentoque basaH 

 abdominis confertim punctatis ; femoribus subtHiter granulatis 

 parce albo-setosis ; tibiis albo-fimbriatis. Long. 4-6 lin. ' 



Hah. Ceram. 



Arachnopus simius. 

 A. ovatus, niger ; rostro basi utrinque albo lineato, rude sulcato- 

 punctato, apicem versus sensim subtiHter punctulato ; protborace 

 utrinque rotundato, leviter confertim punctato, supra Hneis tribus 

 albidis ornato, una mediana longitudinaU, una obliqua in utroque 

 latere; elytris bre^ausculis, fortiter sidcato-punctatis, interstitiis 

 . asperatis, vel subtuberculatis, in singulo macula basali vittisque 

 tnbus abbreviatis albidis, duabus apicalibus, quarum una suturali 

 altera humerali, ornatis; coq^ore infra nigro; metasterno, etiam' 

 aliquando segmento primo abdominis, griseo-squamoso; femoribus 

 tibiisque ut m^, phcderato. Long. ^-4^ lin. 

 Hob. Mjsol, Ceram. 



Allied to A. persona, Vollenh., but, i7iter alia, the prothorax 

 ot that species is longer, very remotely punctured, and the 

 interstices of the elytra have closer-set, shining, and mostly 

 transverse tubercles j the elytra also are spotted so as to 

 suggest m a rough way eyes, nose, mouth, &c. : hence the 

 name. 



Arachnopus sannio. 

 A. ovatus, niger, indumento squamisque intermptis griseis indutus • 

 rostro antennisque fusco-ferrugineis, iUo basi subsulcato, rehquo 

 fere obsolete punctato ; prothorace utrinque rotundato, subvage 

 punctato, lineis sex, quarum una transversa pone medium 

 punctisque squamigeris notato ; elytris striato-punctatis, punctis 

 remotis, plerumque squamis obtectis, interstitiis convexis, uni- 

 senatim remote nigro tuberculatis, griseo-squamosis, singulo 



