CHAMPION—COLEOPTERA ; CURCULIONID A 453 
The three species referred to Homalorrhynchus, one of which has been found in the 
leaf-bases of the Verschaffeltia-palm, are somewhat nearly related to the Tropical 
American genera Nanus, Schonh. (= Homaloxenus, Woll.) and Hoplorrhinoides, Champ., 
one or both of which have been found on palms. The widely separated coxze, the 
dissimilarly formed rostrum in the two sexes, the long legs, the clavate femora, and the 
divergent, apically ciliate lobes of the third tarsal joint, are its chief characters. 
The shining antennal club is suggestive of Calandrine, and the rostral structure somewhat 
approaches that of the palm-feeding Derelomus; but the Seychelles insects are not other- 
wise very closely allied to either of them. JLeptobaris, Gerst., from Mozambique, to 
Judge from the published figure in Peters’ “Reise,” is not unlike the present genus, but 
it is probably a true Barid. The generic name Homalorrhynchus is taken from the 
flattened rostrum of the male. 
72. Homalorrhynchus serripes, n. sp. (Pl. 24, fig. 38, 2.) 
Elongate, moderately shining; ferruginous or reddish-brown, the head, prothorax, 
and under surface, and the thickened portion of the femora, sometimes piceous or nigro- 
piceous ; sparsely clothed with fine yellowish adpressed hairs, the hairs on the prothorax 
long, those on the elytra uniseriately arranged down each interstice. Head densely 
punctate ; rostrum (¢) about as long as the prothorax, straight, flattened above, rugosely 
punctate to the tip, (?) cylindrical, much more slender, arcuate, shining, very sparsely, 
minutely punctate; joint 2 of the funiculus about as long as 3 and 4 united, 3—7 short, 
widening outwards. Prothorax convex, in fully-developed f nearly as long as broad, sub- 
globose, and a little wider than the elytra, in ? transverse and less dilated; densely 
punctate, the interspaces alutaceous. Elytra moderately long, parallel in their basal half, 
in the larger males very gradually widened forwards; punctate-striate, the interstices 
rugulose. Beneath shining, closely, rather finely punctate; ventral segments 1 and 2 
deeply excavate down the middle in ¢. Anterior tibize of ¢ ciliate and finely or obsoletely 
serrulate within, and also toothed at the inner apical angle. Tarsal claws free. 
Length 24—37 mm. ($?). 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé. 
Hight specimens, varying greatly in size, the head and prothorax piceous in one 
of the larger males. The cilia on the anterior tibize of the male are so fine that they are 
soon abraded. The insect occurs in the forests near Morne Blanc, the high damp forest at 
the summit of Pilot (2000 feet), the forest behind Trois Fréres (1500—2000 feet), the 
forest above Cascade, and the Mare aux Cochons district. 
73. Homalorrhynchus rubricatus, n. sp. 
Moderately elongate, convex, subcylindrical, somewhat shining; rufescent, the femora 
and antennal club piceous; obsoletely pubescent. Head closely punctate; rostrum (g) 
almost straight, as long as the prothorax, slender, with the parallel-sided apical portion a 
little wider, flattened and rugosely punctate to the tip, (¢) very slender, strongly arcuate, 
cylindrical, shining, faintly punctate. Prothorax nearly or quite as long as broad, rounded 
at the sides, narrowed and feebly constricted anteriorly ; densely punctate, the interspaces 
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