Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Curculionide. 447 
Elongate, cylindrical, pitchy black; prothorax with three, 
elytra with two stripes, approximate at the base, composed of 
pale reddish scales ; rostrum moderately long, coarsely punc- 
tured only at the base; antenne pitchy; first joint of the 
funicle in the female nearly twice as long as the second ; pro- 
thorax slightly constricted anteriorly, closely granulate; scu- 
tellum rounded ; elytra not broader than the base of the pro- 
thorax, coarsely striate-punctate, punctures large, squarish ; 
the interstices narrow, the apex obtusely rounded; sterna 
covered with yellowish scales. 
An unusually narrow form, and, inter alia, differing from 
the last in the abruptly rounded apex of the elytron. The 
stripes are not very distinct; and the scales composing them 
appear to be very liable to be rubbed off ; this, indeed, is often 
the case in the species of this and other genera. 
Alcides bisignatus. 
A. chalybeus, nitidus, prothorace utrinque macula laterali, femoribus- 
que posticis supra niveis; elytris oblongo-cordatis; antennis 
ferrugineis. Long. 2 lin. 
Hab. Bouru. 
Steel-blue, a scaly spot on each side of the prothorax at the 
base, and a similar spot along the upper edge of the hinder 
femora snowy white; rostrum moderately long, coarsely 
punctured ; antenne ferruginous; prothorax at the base slightly 
broader than the elytra, coarsely punctured ; scutellum black ; 
elytra oblong-cordate, seriate-punctate, punctures linear, ap- 
proximate: sterna and coxe sprinkled with white scales ; 
claw-joint rather short. 
Differs from the next two species in the form and coarsely 
punctured basal half of the elytra. 
Alcides indigaceus. 
A. chalybeus; elytris oblongo-ovatis; antennis rostroque nigris, 
hoc tenuiter punctato. Long. 34 lin. 
Hab. Mysol. 
Steel-blue ; prothorax not spotted ; upper edge of the poste- 
rior femora covered with snow-white scales; rostrum and 
antenne black, the former moderately strong, slender, and 
minutely punctured ; prothorax longer than in the last, 
searcely as broad at the base as the elytra, and less closely 
punctured; scutellum black; elytra oblong-ovate, seriate- 
punctate, punctures linear approximate; sterna and coxe with 
white scales. 
The finely punctured rostrum of this species will at once 
distinguish it from the following. 
