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of the funicle as long as the two next together ; prothorax 

 transverse, closelj granulate, the middle with a well-marked 

 raised line extending from the apex to the base ; scutellum 

 transverse, longitudinally incised ; elytra very gradually nar- 

 rowed to the apex, linearly punctate, the punctures narrowly 

 oblong, the interstices with nearly obsolete punctiform impres- 

 sions ; anterior femora with a large triangular tooth beneath ; 

 sterna and abdomen with minute more or less approximate 

 scales. 



The strongly raised line on the prothorax, the scutellum 

 formed, as it were, of two transversely placed points, and the 

 coloration are tlie leading characters of this species ; as in the 

 two preceding, the claws are fissile. The six-jointed funicle, 

 the prolonged scutellar lobe of the prothorax, and the salient 

 base of each elytron are characters that stamp the genus Al- 

 cides as one of the most trenchant of the Apostasimerous 

 Curculionidge. Yet there is hardly any other genus of Coleo- 

 ptera where the, fades of its numerous species (I have over 140) 

 is so dissimilar. According to Lacordaire it should be divided 

 into several genera ; but though it would not be difficult to 

 isolate a number each with one or perhaps two species, the 

 majority would remain with intermediate characters forming a 

 genus as indeterminate as it is at present. 



Zantes. 



Caimt deflexiim, inter oculos latum ; rostrum breve, robustum ; 

 scrobes laterales, arcuatse, ante oculos desinentes. Oculi parvuli, 

 rotundati. Antenyice breves, prope oculos insertae ; scapus medium 

 oculi attingens ; funiculus 7-articulatus, articuli quatuor ultimi in 

 clavum gradatim transeuutes, hoc elongato-elliptico. Prothorax 

 transversus, basi bisinuatus, ad latera abrupte decHvis. Elytra 

 rotundata, in medio alte elevata. Propectus breve, antice late 

 sinuatum. Mesosternum latum. Abdomen segmentis tribus 

 intermediis longitudine fere a3qualibus, segmento basali inter 

 coxas rotundato. Pedes breves ; coocce anticee separatee ; femora 

 valida, infra dentata ; tibice arcuatse ; tarsi breves, articulo 

 penultimo bilobo ; unguicidi basi dilatati. 



Allied to Metatyges — an African genus with no decided 

 affinities — having straiglit scrobes, contiguous anterior coxee, 

 &c. There is a marked difference in the facies^ although 

 they have both the same short outline. The head is extended 

 in the figure in order to show the rostrum ; but naturally 

 only a small part of it is seen from above. 



