122 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Curculionidae. 



Cryptobhynchin-s:. Phrygena epliippiata. 



Amphialua, n. g. ( . affinis > note -) 



turridus. Strattis, n. g. 



agrestis. biguttatua. 



Phrygena, n. g. vestigiaks. 



Apion maculipes. 



convexum 



que, dimidio basali articuli primi exeepto, infuscatis ; rostro 

 tenui, tertia basali incrassata ; funiculo extrorsum infuscato ; pro- 

 thorace elongate, pone medium constricto, leviter sparse punctato ; 

 elytris breviusculis, obovatis, striato-punetatis, interstitiis planis, 

 humeris callosis. Long. 1^ lin. (rost. inch). 



Ilab. Kandy. 



Ovate, convex, glossy black ; legs, except the tibio-femoral 

 joint and tarsi (but basal half of the first joint testaceous), 

 brownish; rostrum slender; eyes large, subapproximate above ; 

 antenna? testaceous, the last five joints of the funicle brown- 

 ish j prothorax much longer than broad, constricted behind the 

 middle, finely and sparsely punctured; scutellum distinct; 

 elytra shortly ovate, the shoulders callous, finely striate-punc- 

 tate ; interstices flattish ; body beneath and the four posterior 

 coxa3 black. 



This Apion is about the size and shape of A. nigritarse 



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but is more glossy, with a differently formed prothorax, and 

 the coloration of the antennae and legs different. Kandy is 

 not more than 1700 feet above the sea j the botanical garden 

 of Peradeniya is here. 



Apion ceneipenne. 



A. ovatum, convexum, nigrum, nitidum, elytris fusco-seneis, pedibus 

 rufescentibus, tarsia saturatioribus ; antennis fuscis ; rostro 

 modice elongato, tertia basali incrassata ; capite rude punctato ; 

 oculis subapproximatis ; prothorace cylindrieo, tenuiter punctato ; 

 elytris ovalibus, striato-punetatis, interstitiis planis, subtilissime 

 punctatis. Long. Ij lin. (rost. incl.). 



Ilab. Kandy. 



This species has the habit of the preceding ; but the colo- 

 ration is different, the prothorax is not constricted, and the 

 elytra are oval rather than obovate. The only other Apion in 

 the collection is A. ceylonicum, Gerst. 



Apoderus pulchellus. 



A. glaber, nitidus, rufo-castaneus ; elytris singulatim plaga oblonga 

 tlava ornatis, lateribus sterni maculis duabus stramineo-sericeis 

 indutis. Long. 3£ lin. (rost. incl.). 



