124 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Curculionidse. 



Allied to an unpublished species from Madras in my collec- 

 tion, which, inter alia, has the elytra more closely punctured 

 and the apex black. I have two species from Para, neither 

 allied to their North- American congeners. 



Alcides Lewisii. 



'O-ovatus 



trisque singulis vittis tribus (exteriore apice ad interiorem con- 

 juncta, tertia intermedia abbreviata) ochraceis ornatis. Long. 

 4|-5 lin. 



• Hah. Dikoya. 



Oblong-ovate, black, shining, closely granulate ; prothorax 

 with five, and each elytron with three, pure ochre-yellow 

 stripes, the inner stripe on the latter abruptly diverging behind 

 the middle, and joining the outer or marginal stripe at a sharp 

 angle close to the apex, the third or intermediate stripe taper- 

 ing from the base and extending to a little beyond the 

 middle; body beneath with small non-approximate scales, 

 but more dense on the propectus and sides ; legs with scattered 

 hair-like scales. 



I have*the pleasure bf naming this handsome species after 

 Mr. Lewis, who has done so much for Eastern entomology, 

 and to whom I am indebted for the species described in this 



paper 



Alcides ruptus. 



A. oblongo-ovatus, niger, prothorace vittis quinque, elytrisque vitta 

 exteriore alteraque interiore pone medium (apice conjunctis), plagis 

 duabus ad latera, una posteriore ad \?ittam exteriorem adjuneta, 

 vitta basali intermedia abbreviata, ochraceis ornatis. Long. 4- 

 4£ lin. 



Hah. Dikoya. 



This species is very closely allied to the last ; but, without 

 the variation in the disposition of the stripes on the elytra, 

 it may be distinguished by the remotely placed granules on 

 the interstices (not running together and forming an almost 

 continuous line), and the intervals between the granules being 

 well covered by approximate ochreous scales, so hiding the 

 derm beneath as to give the upper surface a more opaque 

 appearance. The principal variation in the elytral stripes is 

 that the outer one is interrupted, the upper portion forming 

 an oblique patch at the shoulder. 



Alcides curialis. 



singu 



Lum 



