448 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Curculionide. 
Alcides parilis. 
A, chalybeus, antennis nigris ; rostro fortiter et confertim punctato. 
Long. 22 lin. 
Hab. Saylee. 
Steel-blue ; prothorax not spotted ; upper edge of the femora 
covered with snow-white scales ; rostrum rather short, coarsely 
punctured throughout; antenne black ; prothorax, scutellum, 
and elytra as in the last; the hind femora are also marked 
with a similar spot. 
This and the preceding species are closely allied; but the 
characters indicate something more than racial difference de- 
pending on locality. 
Alcides distigma. 
A, robustus, subcylindricus, piceus, griseo-pilosus, elytris singulis in 
medio macula rotundata nuda notatis; rostrocrassiusculo. Long. 
6 lin. 
Hab. Ceram. 
Robust, subcylindrical, pitchy, covered with fulvous setule, 
each elytron in the middle with a large naked glossy spot; 
rostrum stoutish, the basal half hairy ; antenne rather short ; 
prothorax minutely granulate, an elevated line in the middle ; 
scutellum roundish; elytra slightly broader than the pro- 
thorax at the base, striate-punctate, the interstices flattish, 
each with a row of minute glossy granules ; beneath and legs 
covered with fulvous setule. 
This well-marked species may be placed near A. preustus. 
Alcides amenus. 
A, cylindricus, nitidus, niger; elytris, parte tertia apicali excepta, 
rufis ; scutello nigro ; pedibus nitide nigris. Long. 4 lin. 
Hab. Batchian, Saylee. 
Cylindrical, glossy black, anterior two thirds of the elytra 
yellowish red ; rostrum rather long, stoutish, finely punctured ; 
antenne ferruginous, third joint of the funicle longer than the 
fourth ; prothorax irregularly punctured, the intervals, except 
at the apex, tuberculiform and setulose; scutellum smooth, 
black ; elytra striate-punctate, punctures linear, approximate, 
interstices flat, except at the base; beneath reddish ferrugi- 
nous, covered with minute scales ; legs black. 
A. preustus, Guér., is larger and stouter in proportion, co- 
vered above with a greyish tomentum. 
Alcides bellus. 
A, angustior, cylindricus, nitidus, niger ; elytris, parte tertia apicali 
