416 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Curcidionidce. 



club distinct ; prothorax slightly contracted at the base, 

 somewhat closely punctured, a slender silaceous hair lying 

 over each puncture, at the apex two projecting fasciculi, and 

 four transversely placed in the middle ; scutellum subquad- 

 rate ; elytra very broad at the base, the shoulders produced, 

 the apex of each truncate, with a small tubercle at the outer 

 angle, on the back about twenty sliglitly raised fasciculi 

 varying in size ; femora with a small tooth beneath ; third 

 and fourth abdominal segments very short. 



The nearest ally of this species is D, Imhojii (Java and 

 Borneo), but, inter alia^ the sculpture is more decided, there 

 are fewer fasciculi, and the four basal joints of the funicle 

 are nearly equal in length. 



Desm idojpli orus funebris. 



D. breviter ovatus, niger, opacus ; antennis nigricantibus, articulis 

 quatuor basalibus funiculi brevioribus et fere sequalibus ; clava 

 distincta ; prothorace basi latiore ; scutello angusto ; elytris 

 humeris productis. Long. 7 lin. 



Hob. Waigiou. 



Shortly ovate, black, opaque ; antennge black, the first 

 four joints of the funicle nearly equal ; club distinct, nearly 

 as long as the last five joints of the funicle together ; pro- 

 thorax broadest at the base, closely punctured, a few curved 

 seta3 on the anterior half; scutellum very narrow; elytra 

 strongly produced at the shoulders, seriate- punctate, punc- 

 tures large, quadrate, apex of each truncate, on the back 

 about twelve fasciculi, composed of very black setse ; legs with 

 short stiff" hairs ; femora with a nearly obsolete tooth beneath, 

 and with the tibise coarsely punctured. 



A uniformly black-coloured species, remarkable for its 

 very narrow scutellum. The prothorax spreads out at the 

 base as in D. ursus and D. encaustus. 



Desmt'dqphorus morhosus. 



D. breviter ovatus, fuscus, maculis fusco-griseis adspersus ; antennis 

 piceis, articulis duobus basalibus funiculi longioribus, tertio 

 quartoque gradatim brevioribus ; clava distincta, breviore ; elytris 

 humeris tuberculo instructis, singulo apice rotundato. Long. 

 6| lin. 



Hab. Siam. 



Shortly ovate, dark brown, the elytra with several irregular 

 more or less approximate spots, composed of very short sila- 



