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squamosa marginato ; elytris in medio prothorace paulo latioribus, 

 seriatim conferte et grossc punctatis, interstitiis indi.stinctis, in 

 singulo elytro maculis quinque niveo-squamosis decoratis ; corpore 

 infra nigro, pectore ante coxas anticas linea curvata, metasterno 

 antice, segmentis abdominis tertio quartoque utrinque ct nltimo 

 toto, niveis ; pedibus parce niveo-setosis ; femoribus tibiisquo 

 albo fimbriatis. Long. 6 lin. 



llah. Gilolo. 



Arachiopus phaleratus. PI. XVI. fig. 9 



A. ovatus, uiger ; rostro ( J ) basi tenui, modice punctato, ( $ ) basi 

 tumidulo, magis rude punctato ; oculis supra albo marginatis ; 

 protborace lateribus antice fortiter rotundatis, deinde subparallelis, 

 coufertim granulato-punctato, punctis plerumque griseo-squa- 

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

 sulcato-punctatis, punctis approximatis, interstitiis tuberculatis, 

 vitta suturali fasciisque duabus angustis niveis, una basali, altera 

 curvata mcdiana ; corpore infra nigra, pectore segmentoque basali 

 abdominis confertipi punctatis ; femoribus subtiliter granulatis, 

 parce albo-sctosis ; tibiis albo-fimbriatis. Long. 4-G lin. 



Hah. Ceram. 



Arachnopus simius. 



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

 jiunctato, apicem versus sensim subtiliter punetulato ; prothorace 

 utrinque rotundato, leviter confertim punctato, supra linois tribus 

 albidis ornato, una mediana longitudiuaU, una obliqua in utrocpie 

 latere ; elytris breviusculis, fortiter sulcato-punctatis, interstitiis 

 asperatis, vel subtuberculatis, in singulo macula basali -vittisquc 

 tribus abbreviates albidis, duabus apicalibus, quarum una suturali, 

 altera humerali, ornatis ; corpore infra nigro ; metasterno, etiam 

 aliquando seginento primo abdominis, griseo-squamoso ; femoribus 

 tibiisquo ut in A. phalerato. Long. 3|-4| lin. 



Hah. Mysol, Ceram. 



Allied to A. persona J Vollenh., but, inter alia^ the protliorax 

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

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

 transverse tubercles ; the elytra also are spotted so as to 

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

 name. 



Arachnopus sannio. 



A. ovatus, niger, indumento squamisque interruptis griseis indutus ; 

 rostro antennisque fuaco-ferrugineis, illo basi subsulcato, reli(|uo 

 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 convcxis, imi- 

 seriatim remote nigro tuberculatis, griseo-squamosis, singulo 



