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rather, perhaps, the entire absence of rostrum will at once prevent 

 its being confounded with any genus having its attenuated club of 

 the same form, such as Ethneca, Penestica, or the females of Anihribus. 



Pioenia saginata. (PI. XVI. fig. 8.) 

 P. breviter ovata, pube nigra albo maculata vestita ; elytris vage seriatim 



punctatis. 

 Hah. Borneo. 



Shortly ovate, covered with a close black pile with white spots; 

 head nearly circular in front, but a little narrowed below the eyes, no 

 raised line, a few white hairs mixed with the black ; antennae not longer 

 than the breadth of the head, black, the club occupying rather more 

 than a third of the total length ; prothorax as broad as the elytra, black, 

 passing into white at the sides, with a few white spots on the disk ; 

 scutellum transverse, white ; elytra black, irregularly spotted with 

 white, especially near the base and apex ; body beneath and legs with 

 a close greyish-white pile. Length 2 lines. 



Zyg^kodes [Anthribidae]. 



Pascoe, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 ser. iv. p. 328. 



Zijgcenodes monstrosus. (PI. XVI. fig. 5.) 



Z. fuscus, sparse griseo pubescens ; elytris singulis fasciculis tribus prope 



suturam sitis. 

 Hob. Natal. 



Dark brown, with a sparse greyish pile obscurely clouded with dull 

 fulvous ; head a little broader than the prothorax, flat and triangular 

 in front, uniformly of an obscure grey ; prothorax nearly twice as broad 

 as long, the disk irregular, subquadrituberculate; the carina prominent; 

 scutellum triangular, pale grey ; elytra not broader than the prothorax, 

 irregular, punctate-striate, on the disk a few raised points, which are 

 rather darker than the rest, and on a line parallel to the suture three 

 dense fascicles of pale-greyish hairs, the first and largest near the base, 

 the other two towards the apex ; body beneath brown, with greyish 

 hairs ; legs dull testaceous, with darker rings ; antennae pale greyish 

 yellow, the third joint, upper part of the fourth, and fifth near the apex, 

 and the last three forming the club, black ; eyes dark brown. Length 

 If line. 



This curious Anthribid, agreeing generically with Zygcenodes, 

 differs remarkably in colour as well as in the irregularity of its sur- 

 face from Z. Wollastoni ; but that a genus so peculiar should be 

 represented in countries so far apart, although by no means singular, 

 is a fact well worthy of note. It is probable that hereafter the 

 genus may be found to be rich in species ; there are two new ones 

 in Mr. Bowring's extensive Asiatic collections, as well as numerous 

 others belonging to genera which I have proposed in this Journal 



