Mr. F. P. Pascoe oyi new Curculionidce. '655 



pitchy, scape rather short, second joint of the funicle longer 

 than the first ; prothorax with darker irregular granules, the 

 intervals with narrow silaceous scales, a narrow, raised, 

 median line throughout ; scutellum small, black ; elytra gra- 

 dually narrower from the base, a little depressed behind the 

 scutellum, striate-punctate, punctures nearly contiguous, the 

 interstices somewhat transversely impressed ; body beneath 

 and legs sparsely covered with minute silaceous scales ; fore 

 tibiae very slightly bisulcate. 



In this species there is on the prothorax a well-marked 

 median line continuous throughout ; the depression behind 

 the scutellum on the elytra is more circumscribed than on the 

 following species. 



Alcides tetamcus. 



A. oblongus, nitide rufo-eastaneus, parce silaceo-setosulus ; rostro 

 valido, versus apicem latiore, tenuiter punctato ; prothorace granu- 

 late, ad apicem carinula lineare munito : elytris postice gradatim 

 angustioribus, striato-punctatis, interstitiis subtiliter punctatis. 

 Long. 6 lin, 



Hab. Saylee. 



Oblong, glossy reddish chestnut, sparsely covered with 

 small silaceous setse ,• rostrum stout, broader at the apex, 

 finely punctured ; antennge rather short, second joint of the 

 funicle not longer than the first ; prothorax slightly convex, 

 granulate, a raised line at the apical half; scutellum black ; 

 elytra gradually narrower from the base, the anterior part 

 depressed, linearly punctured, punctures small^ round, the 

 interstices broad, with a few granules at the base ; body 

 beneath sparsely covered with minute silaceous scales ; fore 

 legs of moderate length, their tibige very slightly bisinuate ; 

 anterior coxse approximate. 



At once distinguished from the preceding by its stout ros- 

 trum ; the fore legs are comparatively short, the body at the 

 shoulders is of considerable breadth, and the elytra towards 

 the apex are much more markedly narrowed. 



Alcides censorius. 



A. oblongus, nigro-piceus, subtiliter parce griseo-pilosus ; rostro 

 elongato, tenuato, parte basali solo remote punctato ; funiculo 

 articulo secundo breviusculo ; prothorace granulato ; elytris striato- 

 punctatis, interstitiis rude granulatis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. Ceram. 



Oblong, pitchy black, covered with a thin greyish pilosity ; 

 rostrum elongate^ slender, the basal part only distinctly punc- 



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